Well, personally I would not object to the idea, nor would I be in favor of it, either. Right now, we don't have dedicated sections to specific machines. This helps keep most of the information localized to a single section. Plasma machines are pretty similar to mill. Yes, they have differences, but they do have allot in common, and information pertaining to one usually can benefit users of the other. Once you spread out topics across child boards, information gets harder and harder to find. It can really really REALLY be a pain to even search for the correct board to go to post questions or seek answers to a problem. A fine example of this is CNC zone. It's a massive forum with a treasure trove of information just waiting to be discovered. The problem is, actually discovering it. If your not familiar with the zone, it takes forever to find the correct forum, and even then an answer to a question is often found in a totally unrelated section, or multiple post across multiple forum sections. A prime example of the difficulties of having a forum with to many choices..is this very post here. Yep, this post is in the incorrect forum section. It belongs in the "Support" section, sub-section "Forum suggestions and report forum problems." Actually if you go there and read down the list of topics, you will see that 80-90% of them do not even pertain to forum problems and suggestions. It's really no big deal now, but when you start branching out further and further, it can be a real nightmare for forum administrators trying to keep the place neat and tidy, AND to the average user trying to find answers in the correct place. Most of the users here are not computer wizards, and simply want a painless experience when they visit. Sometimes having "not enough" is better than having "to much".
I'm not trying to bash your idea in the ground, I'm just stating a different view. We do appreciate input from our users, and it is a pretty rare occasion to actually have suggestions. Thanks for speaking up, BR549. It has not fallen upon deaf ears.