Especially when if you really wanted to you could put together a small home machine shop using e.g. Sherwood CNC stuff for a couple grand. The part size would be limited, no more than a couple of inches, but you could do proper metal and wood working.
You cant creat stuff with complex internal structures in one piece with a lathe and cnc, most of those end up being cast and then finished on the cnc mill, 3d printers allow that.
Especially when if you really wanted to you could put together a small home machine shop using e.g. Sherwood CNC stuff for a couple grand. The part size would be limited, no more than a couple of inches, but you could do proper metal and wood working.