Quote Originally Posted by hedeon View Post
Do you mean it because of the underlying operating system? If so should not be a problem as Linux is my bread and butter.

So Spindle speed was not a problem for you?
Linuxcnc is free and you can download the iso and have it up and running in about half an hour. The mesa cards do the step generation on the card. its the HAL file thats take a bit of getting used to. I have set mine up with 3 mpg's and spindle encoder for ridged tapping.

Re the spindle speed I used 3 flute cutters and mainly cut use ally. If I remember the WM18 has metal gears.