Hi Len, frankly I sense your probably onto a total winner - lots of machines with totally naff controllers and dubious software thrown into the workflow mix.

Part of reason I don’t use the two engraving machines is because there is too much friction to get output and I’m typically too busy to sit there trying to remember “how”.

also most of my jobs are bit specialist so I goto suppliers who are more like ‘associates” they have serious machines. Like 3kw fibre lasers and very expensive CNC stone and marble machines and waterjets.

It’s hilarious to see how some of these factories with expensive machines are still using retro cad-cam software and a few “operators” have issues reading dxfs unless a certain type of flavour. I guess us moi users can just walk in with a USB key and show them ;0)

Where are you based ?

UK (currently) here…