Rod: My intent was not to denigrate you or your work. I was only repeating what you have continuously posted and to support the concept that a builder can buy in at all levels trading time for money. I am glad you have done pioneering work on Plasma for LINUXCNC. As evidenced by your own posts it was not a load and go project. As a builder/buyer you have to decide if its the journey or the destination.that is most important.

There are dreamers and doers and you posses both qualities. When someone is trying to make a decision it needs to be based on facts. By facts I mean actual cutting that supports the intended goals of the original posts.

As Thomas Edison said: " Thunder is loud, thunder is impressive but its lightening that does all the work"