I have a PRT alpha 4x8 that I have used for the past 4 years to cut cabinet parts and it has worked perfectly. Recently we started running moldings and interior trim packages on out molder and it has been going really well. I would like to find a way to use the shop bot with a lathe to turn baseball bats. What I can't wrap my mind around is how to make the z axis move up and down as the machine travels on the x axis. Is their software out there that can do this that is not to expensive? I have looked into getting a rotary indexer to make turnings and legs but I don't think this will turn a bat blank fast enough. Any thoughts or suggestions would be great. Thanks