OK Hood,
It's official, YOUR MY HERO BUDDY !! Sorry, couldn't help myself.
At this point I'm happy that all my problems weren't of my own making. With all the help you've offered today I'm now at a point where I have work to do REDOING the CN I/F cables from BOB to drives. That's going to take awhile, hope I can still get by with the cabling I have, it's shielded 3 TP (6 conductors + shield). Soldering these cables is a pain for an old guy with not so great eyes anymore & arthritic hands. Also the machine itself is half done at best so even if the motors were ready to go I don't have a machine ready for them yet.
I was practicing my manual machining skills on building the machine itself until winter came to Iowa.When it did it's just too cold for working out in my homeshop & the shop is too drafty and uninsulated to heat in winter(I just can't afford it). So Christmas eve was my last day in the shop till winter is over. Christmas day I moved my focus to the basement of my house where I decided to start work on the computer & electronics end of the project. It's getting close to spring here (still had snow last week though). I'm hoping to have motors jogging under Mach control before going back to the shop in spring to finish the machine.
I'm thinking I will try to post some pics of my control system mock-up and maybe some of what I have done machine building wise before I disappear for awhile so you can see I really am trying to work toward having my own DIY cnc at home. When & if I do disappear for a while please don't think your much appreciated efforts today were a waste of your time, I will follow your suggestions on wiring connector CN I/F and report back here on my progress.
Thank You Very Much Hood(& Dickeybird), Rick
P.S. I'm still not going to badmouth the e-bay seller till I have this set-up working but BUYER BEWARE if he says instructions and block diagram for Mach 3 included!