Hi, my name is Jay and I have purchased a used 2x3 (2x4) DIY router CNC. I am from Huntsville AL and have a woodshop and make some stain glass as well. I would like to get my machine up and running to make templates, carve out some wood and I am sure I will find all sorts of uses once it is working. I am new at this, I am good at working on computers but G code and understanding the complexities of Mach3 are or rather seem to be very indepth. Withou learning G code and what the four thousand buttons in Mach 3 do I just want to carve a happy face in wood and progress to some more complex items as I pick up mach3.
The purchase was a shot in the dark when I bought it and for the most part I think I have it mostly setup correctly. I have listenend to the guy on the Mach3 video tutorial several times but it is not helping me to get my unit up and running...I am sorry if I have not searched the site for issues but in fact I do not know what I need to ask to help myself.
I did get some setup numbers and the machine will come alive, it jogs however, it does not respond to my limit switches and I do not see a red box outlining my table size, that is just what I see, other things are wrong I'm sure of it, so I thought maybe if some of you smart people could make a short 8 to 10 (or 20) step list of obvious things to check I will start to diagnose my machine. I can do screen shots if necessary.
Since I am very green at this please don't think I am missing my ham off my sandwich, I know my problem is what I don't know and I hope to rectify that with someones help.