The moveable bed runs with a gear rack powered by a power supply and a 12  volt DC motor. I soldered up a motor controller board that operates the bed  with a dial and goes from zero to top speed in either direction depending on  which way I turn the dial. Bringing it back to center stops the bed. The  milling cutters are run with a Dayton blower motor and are wired to a  separate switch. The dial indicator measures relative change and I can  raise and lower the base with the threaded knob at one end. I hook up my  shop vac at the top of the shroud to suck out the chips and dust.

Right now it cuts an untapered strip to a certain size depending on the  wooden template I attach to the bed via the aluminum angle. I eventually  will experiment with tapered pattern boards but for right now it is acting  as a rough beveler only. I can cut a rough finished strip in less than a  minute. Beats my old set up or doing it by hand in a roughing form!