Well I am in need of a controller that will control my air rams, and vac / air pressure and also have multiple inputs for my vac former. ANy ideas? I have tooled around with the idea of using some of the cnc controls but havent found anything that has enough ouputs, and timer codes? Thanks for any help.

One solution may be one of the miniature PLC's available from different sources, they have a handfull of I/O and internal timers.
One example http://oeiwcs.omron.com/webapp/commerce/command/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=131153&prmenbr=316
Al

http://web2.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/PLC_Hardware/DirectLogic_05/PLC_Units/D0-05AA

Never used them, but I think you need a PLC with ladder logic programming to get the input/outputs you want.

If you go the PLC route there is a couple of deals on ebay right now, use IDEC PLC to search, they include PLC cable & software.
Al