I still have the ghetto cabling.... But I added another axis.
My old old Bridgeport Mill had to endure another session of computer geek gone bad.
I machined a 4th rotational axis. Sort of a bbq spit rotisserie.
Here's the power supply in it's littl;e red box. The golden (TiN) chuck to clamp the work piece and the rather solid rotational axis. It's three inch aluminum.... Hefty enough to rotate a log.

The tailstock is equally beefy.

And here a sample of my name wrapped around a cylinder.
I would love to use MOI for that but it does not have a lot of projections for that. So Rhino is it for this specialty.

Maybe the future can bring a 'map onto surface' like Rhino has 8)))))))))))).
So... if someone would like to have something cylindrical engraved/carved. Business is open now!
Rainer