I did purchase the VR Milling V5 software and am very happy I did. It is fairly intuitive for someone who likes to jump right in without reading a lot. Saved me weeks, or months (or an eternity) of trying to make do without. I'm also using the hobby/trial version of Fusion 360 to make designs, progr...

Thanks Pete. I'm in the US, so Denford (and Boxford) are new to me. I'll check out the Denford software.

I recently picked up a 2004 Microrouter Compact to play around with as a hobby. I used to work with CAD/CAM a lot and troubleshoot post processors, but it's been over 15 years since then. The g-code isn't a concern so much for me (I'm rusty but I'll figure it out), but with no software at all being ...