Jump for joy and shout Hooray! - my CNC arrived today! ... But ....

[Britannicus1]

Hi all, well the big day has come - my 3020T CNC turned up and I've just got round to the unpack. Very excited to get started, but a few niggles have just dented my confidence a bit - hope you guys can help ...

First the instructions are in German, no problem I speak a bit of German, but when I try to read it - it's obviously one of those " auto translated from Chinese into German instructions that don't make sense even if you're fluent.

After a bit of Scrabbling I think I've found the English notes, or at least the "translated into English" notes - but only for the software !

this brings me to point 2 - the Hardware comes with the steppers detached and obviously need installing - looks straightforward, but then things always do ! - Has anyone tried this assembly ? - Google doesn't seem to help me find assembly instructions, are all the steppers X,Y,Z Axes the same ? - which way round does the plastic mounting go (looks like it'll do either)?? etc.

Final point - the sw instructions mention a USB to parallel port connections - but the kit comes with an arduino style USB cable - the controller has a socket for this - I'm assuming this is an alternative to the parallel port socket - is this right ??

I can probably muddle my way through - or I could just end up mangling my new toy, so I thought I'd do the non-bloke thing and ask for some help and instructions - any pointers ?

[Britannicus1]

I just found this - for those in a similar situation on assembly instructions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5aqKVdtpI8

Seems helpful - it's what I expected it to be but nice to have some reassurance

[Clive S]

are all the steppers X,Y,Z Axes the same ? - which way round does the plastic mounting go (looks like it'll do either)?? etc.

The crystal ball is hazy . A few pics might help to clear the fog.

[magicniner]

Hi all, well the big day has come - my 3020T

3020 isn't a specific model from a specific manufacturer, it's a size/format definition like A4 for paper or AA for batteries, everybody and their dog knocks them out to a wide range of specifications and qualities.