Hi my name is Bob. I am new. I have a problem with my Sanven 4axis 6040 desktop cnc. When I try to move (jog) my motors the DRO's move but motors don't . Can somebody please provide some direction?  If I had any hair I would have pulled out by now
Thanks

Hi Bob,

Welcome to the forum.

If you post your question, giving as much details about your machine / setup as possible, as a new topic in the general Mach discussion section I am sure someone will be able to help.

Tweakie.

Hi
Am trying to set up my CNC router but having no luck to get the machine going.

Hello Huck, welcome to the group!
It's gonna take a bit more than "luck".
I'll assume you went through the manual and the installation instructions step by step, so which particular aspect are you having issues with ?

Now that you have made your intro, please post specifics in the General Mach Discussion section.

Again, welcome aboard !

Regards,
Russ

Hi all, I found the forum after my lovely but crazy gf bought a little 5 axis table top mill from......yes.....China not one to argue I am now tasked with linking this mill up to Mach3 and then machining whatever crazy ideas she may have next

I don't think there is a mach3 licence with the mc, so that will need to be resolved, a desk top pc is on its way at some point this week, think the gf got windows 7 on it? not sure, but all will come out in the wash.

I'm a retired cnc miller turner grinder, Aerospace, F1, MOD, all the normal suspects in UK subcontract machining, so more used to a 5 axis twin pallet Mazak with at least 40 tools than a small big boys toy, but it does look fun

Anyway, I'm sure I'll have a bunch of questions coming up so thought I'd say hello first

Regards, Phil.

Hi Phil,

Welcome to the forum.

Tweakie.

Hi all, I'm Radu and i'm researching building a 4' x 8' cnc router for a woodshop.


I was wondering if Mach3 has the capability to drive 2 stepper motors per side of X axis ( 2 pinions per rack for reduced backlash, electrically preloaded ).




That would be 4 motors for the X axis.

 Motor A would drive in one direction while motor B would have less torque (dragging) to keep the pinion engaged.

When switching direction, the motors would switch  also to B driving and A preloading.



Should i start a thread for this?

Thanks,
Radu

Hi all you gurus,
Name is Frank and I live in Australia.
I am an absolute newbee to CNC routing. Just bought myself one of those Chinese (2nd. hand) 3020T machines and I am in the process of setting it all up. Only intend to use this for making PCB's.
I would imagine that I am going to ask a few questions, that I cannot find in previous posts, so please bear with me. Anyhow, I'll be around and looking for guidance.
I suppose that I need to buy the Mach3 program as I think that he Mach3 supplied with the machine tells me it's for demo purposes only. Can I have some advise on that, please.
Best wishes to all
Frank (not really cranky (yet)).

Hi Radu,

Welcome to the forum.

Yes please start a new thread (new topic in the General section) this is a most interesting idea and I think may be a quite a challenge to resolve.

Tweakie.

Thanks for the welcome Tweakie!

I will start a thread on this subject, hopefully it can be done.