FedEx Pulled up and unloaded my machine today. It is heavy! Read the instructions and got it set up in less than 2 hours. Most of the work is already done since they set it up and tested it before shipping. My first project was an imported black and white image of my school logo and I was really impressed with what came out. I used poplar which may be a little too soft to hold a sharp edge. I did not have it in the finest resolution so that may part of the problem. The image had a lot of detail so it was not an easy image. Overall for my first project I was very pleased. A 10" X 10" image took 50 minutes to carve. I am going to be out of town for the next week so will be a while before I can try to improve on this. Overall impression is it is a fantastic machine that lives up to its billing. John L