I've gotten tons of info here so I thought I should finally join in the fray.
I'm a mechanical engineer who runs cranes, races cars both in a straight line and with turns (both right AND left!) and who has a hankering for machining. I've got 2 Cincinnati 5vc-750 VMC's and a Cincinnati 208U turning center along with a variety of Tree, Cincinnati and Bridgeport vertical mills and a South Bend, Logan and a few other manual lathes. I have Solidworks, but have not decided on a CAM program to go with it yet.
I'll be around.