Chicago Linuxcnc users

Hello,

Complete newbie here, Im just in Chicago for a couple of days to do some training for wire edm, I have a knee mill i would like to retrofit with linuxcnc when I return home,I was hoping that someone would let me take a look at something that they have done or just pass some info about what to watchout for?, I plan on using the mesa cards, but am unsure where to start, I belive that my servo motors have tachs on them. Anyway can anyone in or around Chicago get me pushed in the right direction.

I will probably wait until I get back to Southern Indiana to see if I can find someone local to me. I am looking forward to the retrofit, just a real green horn when im reading through here and people are talking about grounding out this pin or that pin to turn something off or on has got me a little apprehensive on diving into a somewhat (needs an azm servo amp) running machine.

Thanks