My advice would depend on what you want to use this CNC for...
If it is gonna be in your garage or your buisness is not affected by competition, then leave the Fadal control on your CNC.
On the other hand, if you'd like to do some serious CNC machining. You have competition, or costs that will drive you to be more productive than you can be with a stock Fadal control, then check out a PC based retrofit control.
We are running right now, a job on our 1995 vintage Fadal with DC drives.
F400. (That's four Hundred inches per minute) finishing part dimensions to within .005
The billet of 6061-t6 starts off weighing 30 lbs and when the part is done is weighs 3 lbs. with walls no thicker than .190, and in some places as thin as .060
It's a beautiful thing to watch,
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