Not a good start

**vmax100uk** · 03-07-2016

Well my first go at a home cnc has got off to a bad start.
Bought a conversion kit for my little Proxxon mf70. Spent all day building it up only to blow the controller.
I got the kit from a company called gocnc.de and the instructions are not brilliant being just a load of pictures rather than anything written. To make matters worse the controller was slightly different to the one in the pic, hence i connected a wire to the wrong terminal and blew the board.
Has anyone had any experience of fitting one of these kits as im not €500 out of pocket with a ruined miller.

**m_c** · 03-07-2016

I'm going to guess you've bought some variation of this kit - http://abcnc.de/shop/en/cnc-router/3...cnc-custom-kit

In which case all you should need is a new Control Card Stepp 2500 from this page - http://abcnc.de/shop/en/cnc-acessories/cnc-controller/

**vmax100uk** · 03-07-2016

Yes that's the kit, but the controller was slightly different to the one shown on the site.

**magicniner** · 03-07-2016

Originally Posted by vmax100uk

the controller was slightly different to the one in the pic, hence i connected a wire to the wrong terminal and blew the board.

If they provided the wrong instructions for the supplied hardware and the instructions resulted in damage then surely they should replace the damaged parts FOC?

**John S** · 03-07-2016

Post a picture of the board.
Those simple 3 axis boards are about £35 - £40 a pop and not 99 euro's but as said get them to replace it.

**vmax100uk** · 03-07-2016

Ok will do once I've got it off the machine.

**vmax100uk** · 03-07-2016

That's what I've put in an email to them but they are the rudest bunch of people I've ever had to deal with so I don't think they are going to play ball unless I get my credit card involved.

**magicniner** · 03-07-2016

Originally Posted by vmax100uk

they are the rudest bunch of people I've ever had to deal with .

Provide your CC company with images of the instructions and of the parts shipped which are not identical to the instructions and for good measure any particularly unhelpful or rude emails from the seller and stick a back-charge to them, it sounds like they deserve it!

**vmax100uk** · 16-07-2016

Ok guys after finally getting my machine built and running ive now discovered that the software that comes with the usb control box with this kit will only run files that are HPGL format.
I only need to do cut outs etc in flat plate, so can anyone recommend a nice simple to use program that i can use to create the dxf and add the machinings to. I was hoping to use something like Vcarve but i dont think it saves as a HPGL file.