My CNC adventures
It all started with a thought!! Please note: I'll try to define some terms but I won't promise.
- My first kit was a 4 axis parallel port breakout board with 3 NEMA 23 motors
- My next effort was to construct a CNC machine
- Meanwhile, I bought another breakout board that was USB
- This board had proprietory software so I started writing a front end using Visual Studio 2015 - C# Language
- I designed and started to build my own breakout board
- To DIY my own took me down the path of learning MPLAB
- During all this I started building a 30" by 60" router table
- I also worked on a smaller version of the router table
- My friend had a 2'x2' Torchmate table he used for plasma cutting that I'm converting to a router table
- I traded the 30" x 60" for a 3D printer
- I have 5 total controllers - 2 Parallel ports and 3 USB
- The FUN has not stopped yet!!!!
Friends are wonderful. One said, "Ok, All this is great but what have you built (made, fabricated, etc)?"
I replied, "Huh???" 
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY CNC-ING!!!!