05-09-2018, 10:20 PM
I use Mach3 and I find it quite easy to use, once it is properly set up. As I recall, it only works with a parallel port. Mach4, on the other hand, works with USB and possibly Ethernet.
I've been using a common off-shore 4-axis board that seems quite workable. It is, of course, parallel-port driven, so it wouldn't work for you. I think you'd be doing okay to try one of the cheaper USB boards available on eBay.
I've been using a common off-shore 4-axis board that seems quite workable. It is, of course, parallel-port driven, so it wouldn't work for you. I think you'd be doing okay to try one of the cheaper USB boards available on eBay.
Mike
If you can't get one, make one.
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If you can't get one, make one.
Hawkeye, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Jan 2013.