Chad,
I hear ya, understand, and basically think it is a good idea. It's also a challenge!
The problem is that CNC covers so many aspects of different disciplines.
What level do you atempt to convey the information?
In a heart beat, you can go from conveying a simple concept, which can be readable and grasped
to detail that a book can be written on. Each subject is a book.
How many variations on the theme do you have? Computers, Break out boards, pendants, MPG's, drives, different
motors, wiring, code, etc , etc, etc.........
Then when your all done, you step back, and say, gee's, I am rewriting the manual., and it's just a different format.
The same goes for software.
Oh BTW, there a quick start guide already written called MACH3 TUTORIAL by Henrik Olssen, about 14 pages long.
Here is the link:
ftp://ftp.machsupport.com/Docs/Mach3%20Setup%20Tutorial.pdfRICH