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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sherline Lathe 4410 - very new to CNC

« on: September 06, 2017, 11:50:56 PM »

Probably the Mach 4 would be better in my situation. thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sherline Lathe 4410 - very new to CNC

« on: September 06, 2017, 10:37:33 AM »

Thank you very much guys. I really appreciate the response. it is right to the point, and offers me the exact Item(s) I need to make this work. 

Donnie

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General Mach Discussion / Sherline Lathe 4410 - very new to CNC

« on: September 05, 2017, 12:45:30 PM »

My name is Donnie and I am very new here and my first post.  I have a Sherline Lathe 4410 of which I need to install some type of CNC to in order for me to make some parts that I can repeat the same process.  I have a forum myself that I own and operate and that is www.shipsofscale.com/sosforums/  well, I am not here to advertise my Ship Building Forum. I am here because I am overwhelmed by the nature of too many things to choose from (parts, motors, drivers)  to make a CNC work.  First, I like what I see with the Mach3 and would like to purchase it. But, I have some questions that are obvious to some, but are not obvious to me.

I wish that I could get some help. Also, I already posted this topic in the "introduce yourself" section  as I am not sure if I am posting in the correct place.  All I have at the moment is a Sherline 4410 lathe and that is it for now.  No CNC motors, nothing, not even a PC yet. (well, I have one that I can restore with win 8.1 or Win 10)

Now, I was thinking about downloading the Mach3, but I am going to have to get some hardware.

This is where I get really confused.  So Sherline makes a Controller Box that has the cables and the two motors that I need. I was leaning to this due to the nature of staying with same product line.
But, newer PC's do not have nor any of the newer PC's have the Printer Port.  So, I would have to have a USB to 25 pin for the Sherline Driver box. 

So, is this set up ok ?:    4410 Lathe ->  Sherline Driver Box  ->  USB to Printer Port (for the sherline machine control) -> Mach3 program
or should I be using another controlling hardware, if so, I wish that someone that has similar situation would lend their ideas and components so that I can build a turn key system. I want to invest in a system that works as I do not have the luxury of "experimenting"

I am totally new at this and lost. I would really appreciate any feedback on real system setups.  I also have Turbo Cad and I can draw out what I want. Lets say that I want to make about 100 Cannons.  I assume that I would save my drawing to .dxf and take that file and import it into Mach3 and Mach3 will generate the Gcode to make the part.  Am I correct on this ?

Thanks
Donnie

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

« on: September 05, 2017, 12:34:37 PM »

My name is Donnie and I am very new here and my first post.  I have a Sherline Lathe 4410 of which I need to install some type of CNC to in order for me to make some parts that I can repeat the same process.  I have a forum myself that I own and operate and that is www.shipsofscale.com/sosforums/  well, I am not here to advertise my Ship Building Forum. I am here because I am overwhelmed by the nature of too many things to choose from (parts, motors, drivers)  to make a CNC work.  First, I like what I see with the Mach3 and would like to purchase it. But, I have some questions that are obvious to some, but are not obvious to me.

I wish that I could get some help. Also, I might need to post this in the general section as I am not sure if I am posting in the correct place.  All I have at the moment is a Sherline 4410 lathe and that is it for now.  No CNC motors, nothing, not even a PC yet.
Now, I was thinking about downloading the Mach3, but I am going to have to get some hardware.

This is where I get really confused.  So Sherline makes a Controller Box that has the cables and the two motors that I need. But, newer PC's do not have nor any of the newer PC's have the Printer Port.  So, I would have to have a USB to 25 pin for the Sherline Driver box.  So, is this set up wrong:  Lathe -> Sherline Driver Box -> USB to Printer Port (for the sherline machine control) -> Mach3 program
or should I be doing something else.

I am totally new at this and lost.

Thanks
Donnie