Hello everyone! I have been lurking the forums for the last week or so and wanted to bring my situation up to hopefully get some advice.
I got a free 3040 Z-DQ CNC from a neighbor and am seeking to fix it up and hopefully use it for art projects. So pretty much only casual usage.
Computer wise all I have available is my Mac laptop USB. In my research I've noticed people saying that it's impossible to operate a CNC via USB to parallel port adapter because you lose data. However, in this video a user appears to operate the 3040 via USB and a program called "CNC USB Controller":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zoUV3XBFak
Would it work if I got an adapter and used this program?
Thank you very much for reading.
- Justin
This is my model:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32668223694.html