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For my part, the Mitsubishi is excellent but not cheap, a large 3 axis mill would be around at least $10K plus for the control alone, ~ one week on site labour then a couple of days documentation.
Most of my customers were hi end manufacturers, buses, agricultural, railways, aerospace = assembly line type outfits.
The small one-man owner operations I used Acroloop or Galil.
In between the retro's, I did service work.
Al.

Thanks for the real life example Al_The_Man !

So, a retrofit is kind of your thanksgiving dinner...once in a while... I didn't realize that Mitsubishi was so expensive, where can I find a price list to give my customer a comparison basis for the Chinese stuff ? I know it's like comparing a BMW to a Maruti... but at least the customer will be aware that it is his choice.

Do you know of any cheap & cheerful Chinese controller for simple 4 axis machining ?

Thanks very much !