My thoughts exactly.
Seems like there is not much you cant do with Mach and if you can't do it now than someone will figure out how to. Thats the reason that I decided to go that route. Your VMC project gave me the courage to drag my BTC out of could storage and try the conversion. I know that the machine has a nasty rep., but I got the machine and 40 tool holders for free so I felt it was worth the risk to try it. If it is indeed a 4000lb door stop, i'll pull the Mach hardware off and find a machine that is worthy.
Any how, once I get started feel free to chime in any time to keep me on the right track.
Thanks