ebay score dwt cnc router

[j4son]

does anyone know what the little back box is that the cables go to between the driver and the steppers see pictures below

[John S]

Is this a step4 router ?

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[j4son]

yes it appears where talking of the same

about as intuitive as the co pilots seat in a V1 doodlebug.

type of machine i didnt know it was one of those said machines, but after doing a search on the step4 router in the above post i'de found your post on the very similar machine and with the same problems you encounted.
problem is now ive paid a got it here infront of me, and before i start ripping it to peices and addressing the many mechanical flaws it has.
i just have next to no knoledge on the software/driver/elctrics on it.
this is were i need help what would you advise. preferably not on the lines 14lb sledge hammer

[John S]

No nothing as drastic as a 14lb hammer, they are not that robust, a 2lb one will do.

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[j4son]

Back again with more questions,
Since last on here I had gave up after your chap’s advice with the laptop and brought a nice cheap recon dell desktop with parallel port and optical drives and all the rest of it.

Tried going down the route of using the PC-NC dos software that came with it and the further I got/looked into it thought sod that.
So I’ve down loaded the trial mach3 and cut2d software’s so I can see it run before I spend any more money on it.
But now I’ve got a few questions I’ve followed the tutorial on the wing component and also sent it to mach3 and opened it up in mach so far so good but I was wondering if there is any tutorial on haw to do the following.

1. Change the size of the screen it at present is real small and if I drag the window bigger it remains the some just adds grey background.
2. A step by step tutorial on everything to get my router up and cutting and making that little cut2d wing component
3. How to set up this pin location the PC-NC book tells me what is what but I have no idea what to do with mach
4. Set my limits I’ve got a rough idea that mach has soft limits how do I set them up as I don’t want for the first time I switch it on for it to crash into one of its ends
5. Anything else you think may be beneficial without bogging me down as a armature hobby cnc router

Please help me with the above list as I’m struggling and I would be very great full of the help

[j4son]

Just taking the time to say. Thank you for your assistance today John S