I just got an emco CNC compact 5. The good news is that the thing actually works, despite the cheap price. The bad news is that it's the first generation so doesn't even have a place to plug in a cable to the computer.
"Suboptimal" is a charitable view of this setup.
I can't seem to find a reasonable 3 jaw chuck so had to go with collets instead.
In relief news I was able to figure out most of the 12 simple (g code) commands it provides. The manual I have seems to be for the latter versions, so a bunch of stuff they do does not work on mine. Like deletion.
So now I can make it go back and forth, in circles, and other fairly rudimentary geometric shapes. Nothing that would make Euclid interested, but still.
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