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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sherline Mill and MACH3
« on: November 08, 2008, 06:09:34 PM »
There are pinouts in the manual as well in the EMC2 config file I am using now under LINUX. I have the stepper motors working on the mill now through the parallel interface. I was hoping that MACH3 could address the parallel port on a software level. I know that MACH3 also can work through a USB port, which is of course a form of serial port. I did have a time getting the mill to work properly as I was driving it too hard (acceleration and step settings) and will probably have to do the same thing when I start playing with MACH3.
I guess my next step is to down load MACH3 onto the mill computer and try it. Anyway thanks for the input. I am sure I will be back with a ton of questions if I get it running.
Besides engraving I want to do PCB routing. Right now the cheep definitive starting point appears to be Eagle cad. Then there must be something to convert that to g-code.
Chiun
I guess my next step is to down load MACH3 onto the mill computer and try it. Anyway thanks for the input. I am sure I will be back with a ton of questions if I get it running.
Besides engraving I want to do PCB routing. Right now the cheep definitive starting point appears to be Eagle cad. Then there must be something to convert that to g-code.
Chiun