Hello CNC World!

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Hello!

This is the one that I have

At the time there was some suggestion that the 'black box' of electronics was in some way superior to the other 'blue box' variants so that is what I got. It came with a USB to parallel converter cable and all seems to work just fine.

I can see the shortcomings of such a relatively small machine: No limit switches, limited Z plane travel. I can see that it would be nicer to have a bigger and more powerful motor but for what I actually want to do it seems just fine.

I am still unsure about feed speeds so I am experimenting with those. I am now waiting for a 'down cut' but to arrive so I can see how that reduces the surface tear when I am carving holes in soft wood (before I even attempt to move on to harder woods!).

I have been addicted to Nixie tubes now for over a year. As you say, you can do a lot more with a microprocessor than you could with TTL though there still those that like to design things from first principals (I am not one of those, I even use micros just to control the additional LED lighting for my clocks!).

Kind regards
Richard