LOL! Sometimes, things are already worked out!
Definitely sounds like a good guy to know.
If my friend was looking for anything but a 5 axis machine, I'd totally trust him to know what's what. He seems to have taken my advice to research collision detection software, and it's not as badly priced as I remember, so, now he's just looking for a machine he wants to buy. Worst case, he needs to make a service call the first time he tries to run a part. 😅