Boxford TCL 125

[JAZZCNC]

Will it matter whether we are running Mach 3 or UCCNC? I guess we will need to know pin identities, etc but I will not go there until I have the benefit of your invaluable opinions

UCCNC will only work if you have a Motion controller from CNC Drive. Their motion controllers will work both with Mach3 and UCCNC software using plugin for Mach3.

Mach3 and a Simple BOB will get you going providing you can find the Pins out's. However, if your running limits and speed control/direction along with ATC you may find you run out of I/O as the BOB as limited I/O. Personally I would fit an external motion controller anyway just for the reliabilty and to get away from the parallel port.

[John11668]

I do have a UC100 Jazz, so uccnc is not a problem. I was led to believe that to run Mach3 on a 64 bit computer I would need UC100 so am used to using that on a mill . Havent looked to see pin arrangement for lathe . I suspect we have a way to go before we connect the computer

[Doddy]

I do have a UC100 Jazz, so uccnc is not a problem. I was led to believe that to run Mach3 on a 64 bit computer I would need UC100 so am used to using that on a mill . Havent looked to see pin arrangement for lathe . I suspect we have a way to go before we connect the computer

Just to butt-in, use UCCNC for integration and all that, but it doesn't really support lathe operation at all well. That's the only reason I use LinuxCNC on my lathe.