Smithy ended up taking back the 1417 that sin_arms had, and replacing it with a FL300-II, which he has reported is working well.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/smithy...-fl300-ii.html
Tim
Tormach 1100-3 mill, Grizzly G0709 lathe, PM935 mill, SolidWorks, HSMWorks.