wakeboard - a couple of quickies
1. Rotate your spindle/router/dremel so you can cut/mill on the side, like if you wanted to engrave on a bowling ball! OR -- set up 2 x axis, 2 y axis in parallel and cut foam wings/signs etc with a hotwire - or any other of other projects requiring "out of the plane" motion you get with 3 degrees of freedom.
2. See my post:
http://www.cnczone.com/showthread.php?threadid=2314&s=
3. He's got power supplys included on that board (the 3 axis one) and has motors too, start up a email conversation with him.
Jim