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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!
« on: February 25, 2009, 01:31:45 PM »
Hi,
My name is Hamilton, I live in Ireland. I bought a manual Sherline Lathe a few months ago and been having great fun with it. I now realise that on a lathe you can only make limited things. I also have a friend who wants some items made for the photography field and to do them I need a mill. So I have taken the plunge and ordered a CNC ready Sherline 5410. The Gecko G540 unit came by Fedex today. I am amazed at how small it is!! So the steppers and mill should appear over the next few weeks. I have an old Toshiba 4600 Laptop so I put Mach 3 on it and I'm getting an excellent rating with driver test. Does that mean I should get satisfactory results with Mach3? I spent a while optimising it (I'v been in IT for over 40 years) so I'm hopeful, but if not I'll find a desktop around here somewhere. I would love to hear from anybody else in Ireland working with Mach3.
My name is Hamilton, I live in Ireland. I bought a manual Sherline Lathe a few months ago and been having great fun with it. I now realise that on a lathe you can only make limited things. I also have a friend who wants some items made for the photography field and to do them I need a mill. So I have taken the plunge and ordered a CNC ready Sherline 5410. The Gecko G540 unit came by Fedex today. I am amazed at how small it is!! So the steppers and mill should appear over the next few weeks. I have an old Toshiba 4600 Laptop so I put Mach 3 on it and I'm getting an excellent rating with driver test. Does that mean I should get satisfactory results with Mach3? I spent a while optimising it (I'v been in IT for over 40 years) so I'm hopeful, but if not I'll find a desktop around here somewhere. I would love to hear from anybody else in Ireland working with Mach3.