Hi, I've been using a harbor freight mill with about a 19"x7" x-y travel to etch PCB for an open source electric car motor controller project (details available on ecomodder.com). It is really easy to lose count. Right now it goes something like this:
4.5 cranks right
2 cranks down
4.5 cranks right
5.5 cranks up...
Well, yesterday my mother in law came in and started talking to me, and I lost count, and messed up the whole dang thing! AAHH! Is it hard to change the mill to an basic CNC? I really just need the x and y axis automated. It woudl make my life so much easier. How do I do that?