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Why does it matter? If you have a neutral pulled you have access to 110. Just hook one leg of the 220 and the neutral to give you 110. I seriously doubt that a thermostat is going to impact the...

No worries. I wouldn't sweat your posts being too long if that's what it takes to properly convey the information.

I really like this idea and can't wait to see more.

To ease the "wall of text" effect that makes your posts really hard to read, would you put some paragraphs in your posts?

Generally it is 5/8" IIRC

Have you considered some flavor of fiberglass & epoxy? That would be significantly more durable.

HSMExpress is not an option. The SolidWorks computer is not allowed to load software.

This is really getting away from the thrust of the question, possibly because (as my wife tells me)...

I am just starting the process of getting into CNC as a hobby and have been looking into something that will convert SolidWorks drawing into gcode. I will be doing 3 axis milling (Homemade mill...

TL;DR: Your problem could also be with Hyper-threading. I would strongly suggest you turn it off, especially if all the cores are being run at 100%. In this scenario HT just gets in its own way.
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Strictly for hobby. I really don't have specific plans to build anything; I do like to challenge myself with learning new stuff once in a while and this seemed like a good skill set to learn.

I will likely being doing a retrofit on a manual mill, currently my target is an X2 but that could change if something irresistible comes across Craigslist.

Ethernet would be an even better choice...

That probably would have been good information to provide...

I am planning on a metal cutting mill.



Yes, this helps very much. I am not settled on whether to use linuxcnc or Mach3 but I am...

It is my understanding that a breakout board handles the input and separates the signaling to the stepper drives. The stepper drives act as an (for lack of a better term) amplifier to run the...

So all I would really need would be a 3 axis controller. What are the other axes used for in a, say, 5 axis?

Also, as I am planning to go the breakout board route, am I limited in how many on/off...

I have been bitten with an interest to mess with a CNC mill. In the course of doing some reading I am looking at controllers and trying to determine what I might need that would serve me into the...