Hood,
Yes, I use probing quite extensively.  I've zeroed out all those filters.  Brian helped me get the spindle going.  I have a VFD, so the spindle control is two relays and a PWM.  The PWM was the problem because I hadn't set the motor tuning for the spindle axis.  But I completely don't get the relevance, or meaning, of "Steps Per" and "Velocity" for a PWM spindle.....
The Z axis is still backwards, and both Brian and Greg are scratching their heads over that one.
Meanwhile, I finally got motivated to finish up the last few nits to get the KFlop going using their CNC controller app, and I believe it's now ready for prime time.  All seems to be working properly now on that front.  I think tomorrow I'll take it out for a maiden voyage, and see how it goes.
Regards,
Ray L.