No worries Jazz, i fully realise that you get what you pay for :) All it needs is a knowledgeable person to identify the Pid parameters in the manual and sort out what does what :) Trouble is they dont even call them Pid :)

One drive not mentioned yet is the hybrid stepper-servo - a stepper with an encoder mounted and a suitable drive. I nearly fitted these on the Bridgeport but fell for servo's instead. They do sound interesting though.