Hi Mate

Many thanks for your reply and i guess i am just not to use to something that looks really old on a windows 95 machine lol, i will giving it another go this week to see how i get on and hopefully get some sense from it?

I did want to know if i could just update toolpath software without having to upgrade the 4008 boards or anything ?? is this something you may know?

also what other software would you recommend to work with that is idiot proof for me, i have downloaded the free trail of Vcarve Pro to see how it is and i seem to be getting on with it to a point but this is on a new pc at home and not the workshop.

any help is always appreciated and thank you again.

cheers
chris