Hi Mike,

Welcome to the forums. When you say:

Quote Originally Posted by Edendale View Post
unfortunately the X axis is not working and when I try to move the X axis on the keyboard it switches the spindle on & off
It strikes me that this could just be a software configuration issue and you need to change some port and pin numbers Mach3 to get it working.

Have I missed the point, or were you planning on ripping out the electrons and spending (a potential substantial amount of) time and money anyway?