Well, I started this process last October and finally have a mill that responds to my commands. I wanted to add the IH cnc kit as I didn't have the knowledge in October to build my own, but things happen and today I'm a lot smarter about cnc conversions than I was then. I've had the mill for over 3 years running it in manual mode. That's soon to change
One thing I wanted along with the conversion was a one shot lube system. It's not done today, but only lacks a few pieces of hardware to get to that point. I just pulled the trigger on the license for Mach 3, so after I absorb that expense I'll order up the minor pieces and finish it.
Of course this is a work in process and who know when I'll be done, but I'm close to making chips with it. Got a friend coming over to hook up his scope to it and tune the motors, but today there are not bad. Had a devil of a time with the Z axis motor, but found by swapping the "+" and "-" cables I could get the drive to lock to it. Pics of the build follow: