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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: August 21, 2014, 08:18:46 PM »

I've recently decided to give the parallel port driver a try with Mach 4. My experience hasn't been perfect. With the last two drivers, 1-15 and 1-17, I'm only able to get my Y axis to move.  I've played with the drivertext.exe several times and it loads fine. When I configure in Mach 4, all looks good.  I see the buffer out of bounds message occasionally, and The Y axis still moves, but no x or z.  I also use Mach 3 on the same machine, so I know things work.  Any ideas where to start troubleshooting?  With 1-17 I'm seeing more crashes and hangs than I did with 1-15.  Admittedly my PC is not a speed demon.  Windows XP, 2.13 Core 2 2.13 MHz , 2gb ram, 256mb video.

Trent

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

« on: July 07, 2012, 04:35:49 PM »

Hi all,

I'm the newbie for the day it looks like.  Have been working on building my own CNC for a hobby and hopefully some extra cash on the side.  I've loved woodworking and metal working since childhood and recently decided to look into CNC.  I started my CNC project last fall and am now finally getting to the point of making my first cuts. 

I recently finished wiring the entire system and have now torn down everything to sand blast the metal and prep for painting.  My SuperPid came and have it put together for manual use for now, but intend to wire it into Mach3 at a later date (with some input from those who've done it before - I'm using a CNC4PC C10 BOB, BTW).  I hope to mill both wood and aluminum on the CNC machine I've built.  It is primarily of steel, with the Z Axis and router mount primarily of aluminum.  When I've got it painted, I'll show it off for you to see.

I look forward to both learning from the Mach community and contributing when and where I can.

Cheers!

Trent
http://mefixitmyself.com