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X-Carve purchase

I took advantage of the https://www.inventables.com/ black friday deal ($100 off core components and you get a $50 gift certificate)  to put together a 1000mm X-Carve with my own controls.

From inventables I got the:
  X-Carve
  X-Carve 1000mm Rail Kit
  X-Carve 1000mm Wiring Kit
  X-Carve 1000mm Drag Chain Kit
  X-Carve Limit Switch Kit
  Dewalt mount
  Acme Z screw
  GT2 pulleys
  Waste board inserts
  E-Stops auxiliary and panel mount
  Panel connectors / Power entry module
  Some engraving bits 



I already had a PC with a MACH4  license for motion and a HICON for step and direction.



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