Quote Originally Posted by Christian Knuell View Post
That's one way - you can also connect 2 stepper drives to the same mach3 output or if the drive is powerful enough even 2 motors to the same drive.
I wouldn't put two motors on one driver.

Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
Don't do that both are bad idea.!! If 3 axis then you have spare outputs so use them, it will far more reliable and accurate.
I don't see that using the c axis and the x axis would be more reliable or accurate than using the port output to supply two drives. Have you experienced problems doing this.?