Shame to wreck a perfectly good manual machine and throw ££££££££££££ at the conversion when you can but a genuine CNC with chrome slides, ballscrew, servo's and pressure oiling already done for you for £750

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CNC-MILLING-MA...mZ260530872549

Plenty of older machines show up for not a lot of money, even with a dead controller you are pounds in against a conversion.