CNC bridgeport

when I was in tool&die tech in college I started to all but worship
the bridgeport mill. It just seem to be so versital and it stood by
me in my workplace even though the one I used at work had over .100
play in the lead screws. I am planning on starting my own job shop
and need CNC. I was looking in the microkinetics website for a
bridgeport CNC retrofit. I love the idea of having a manual machine
that will double for a CNC machine. Thats why I joined the group a
few minutes ago, I need to know a few things about the CNC retrofit
kit. Does the quill feed actually control the quill and not the
knee? and if so will the quill feed still be able to be controlled
by the handle we all are so accustomed to? I can program CNC in the
dark so making programs is as simple and drawing a stick figure to
me. The motor mounts, ball screws, and Z axis mounts run up to 3,235
$ from microkinetics, flashcutCNC offers the same as an option to
their retrofit for 4,995$. Does microkinetics offer the controller
and everything else, cause I couldnt find it one their site or the
42M1150 steppers. I would rather have servos. I dont like the 695$
price on the motor mounts when I could probally make them myself for
way less then 100$. I dont know how the Z axis mount works cause I
have never seen a quill feed like that put on a manual bridgeport. I
downloaded the flashcut demo and I like it theiy controller connects
to a serial port on your computer versis the microkinetic controller
card. Sorry to make my first posting here so long but before I
invest that much money in something I wanna know what I am gitting,
thats why I hate shopping online,, cant see it,,, cant feel it. if
you have read this far,, thanks,,, if not, I guess you;ll never know.


Rebel