Phantomcow,
Forgot to add that I finally got on a computer with dsl and was able to see the cncfusion videos. It was pretty wild when it snapped off that end mill. On my Shop master my machine would only bog down.
So, that machine is only using around 200in/oz steppers?
Can't wait to see you PIC's. What kind of travel are you looking at. You have been following the post about Greolt getting a longer ballscrew from syvil (bad spelling), any have you been following that post? May give you some ideas.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22411
This tread is from the last week or so.
Ron