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General Mach Discussion / Re: Setting up Mach3 using USB

« on: June 05, 2017, 04:32:15 PM »

Tweakie,

I have the same issue. I am very new at this. I just received my CNC router from Pacific Tooling (Roger Web). I set up everything per the installation manual and I am able to jog the Y and Z axis along with the spindle. However, I can't get the X axis to move. If I look at the control panel, for Y and Z boards have a green LED lit but the X has a red LED lit. The connection to my computer is a straight USB since it came with a motion controller and as I understand, I thus don't operate through a printer port. I have added photos of what the control panel looks like and some of my configurations. Can you please help? I will take any help I can get as I am a beginner but hungry to learn.

Thanks in advance

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: May 10, 2017, 04:12:33 PM »

Hi Mach3 family. My name is Cisco. I'm a mechanical engineer in Southern California. I've been around CNC machines my entire career but thought it was time to learn more about operating them. Mach3 seemed to be a good start and I bought myself a CNC router. I'll probably end up buying a manual grizzly lathe and converting it to CNC in a near future.

With that in mind, I have a question that has probably been answered several times so looking to just get pointed in the right direction. I am looking to buy a desktop computer. From what I have researched, a Windows 7 32 bit, Intel core 2 duo will work. Can you guys recommend if I should go this route? It seems to be a pain to find this type of machine nowadays since it is pretty obsolete. Is it a complete pain to buy a 64 bit and get it up and running with Mach? Any help would be appreciated.

Once again, thanks for having me