NB70,
Thanks for the links. we have the RichAuto manual which is the sum total of the information the other guys at the shed have been working with. Having read it you will understand the problem! Nobody else there has any experience of any kind with CNC so I'm the 'one-eyed man' in this instance. At least I know some of the questions to ask even if I can't find the answers yet. I'm a bit reluctant to dive in and just play with a machine that isn't mine and it's always possible that some of the VFD factory settings have been changed by accident by me or others.

The shed have bought VectricPro and put it on 3 laptops which some members have been using to learn CAD and CAM procedures. It's interesting see the confusion there is between what you control from Vectric and what is controlled at the machine. Once I get to grips with the whole machine and it's software I may have to blow the dust off my old Senior Lecturer hat and deliver some training.

Kit

PS For those who may be interested, here is a link to explain what a Men's Shed is in Australia. https://mensshed.org/what-is-a-mens-shed/