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General Mach Discussion / Re: Really basic "beginner advice" needed please !!!

« on: June 06, 2018, 02:57:50 PM »

Hi Craig
As you suggested, I'm getting nothing back from the seller.   I'm certainly not giving up, so are you able to give me any help with taking up your suggestion about the new motion control board. I'll understand if you can't help me as I really am just a "would be" hobbyist  with no prior experience in this field at all.
All the best, Stan.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Really basic "beginner advice" needed please !!!

« on: June 03, 2018, 09:03:15 AM »

Hi Craig
I don't consider that £500 for something that doesn't work is cheap, but i recognise that I'm probably as much the problem as the machine is (due to my lack of knowledge of the subject). That's why I thought I'd post the question on the forum. The answers so far have already given me an avenue to follow and I've written to the supplier and await a response. It may end in tears, but that's life.
Cheers, Stan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Really basic "beginner advice" needed please !!!

« on: June 01, 2018, 01:18:54 PM »

OK, messages received loud and clear. Thanks, I'll get on to it !

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Really basic "beginner advice" needed please !!!

« on: June 01, 2018, 04:10:18 AM »

Thanks for replies so far. As for the controller, it has no branding other than "mini CNC controller". An on/off switch for drive, on/off switch for spindle, an emergency stop button and a spindle speed controller. I received no disc with the machine ?  Does any of that help ?   Stan.

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General Mach Discussion / Really basic "beginner advice" needed please !!!

« on: May 31, 2018, 01:36:11 PM »

As a prospective hobby -  some fairly basic woodcarving  ideas in mind - I've just bought a cheap (£500) "off the shelf" CNC machine & mini controller, Dell Pentium 4Gb  using windows 7 prof. 64 bit. Machine comes with USB cable. I've downloaded the Mach 3 trial software and have been trying to learn the ropes from Mach 3 set up tutorials. So far so good, but I can't actually make the machine move !!!!     What am I doing wrong, what do I need to do to make something happen ? Any replies need to be as lo-tech as possible please    Thanks, Stan.