High Seas if I might gently correct you
.....Mach2 has 6 axis as well as some others and Ability Systems has 8. This link is to a fellow who has written some software for running the machine and at one time was posting here on the Zone pretty regular.
I think, but am not sure, that he is also doing something with Mach2 and his software to make it work together easily. Don't hold me to that.
Mike