Originally Posted by
LSM
Did your mama drop you on your head?
Mach3 is crap compared to the Fadal control.
And most homemade retrofits never quite work right .
One major problem is the windows based os isn't stable, they hiccup.
you can convert it to single phase.
It wants good 3phase power not a homemade phase-converter but a cncgrade one.
All the component boads are available at reasonable prices either new or rebuilt.
VMCelectric is one place that has the boards fadalcnc is another download the books.
It is eproms no hard drive or floppy for the main controller.
wild idea hit the jog key to get into jog mode.
You want to go to stepper from servos that's a joke right?
get a clue read the manual .
There isn't much wrong with it other the serious operator error,
they told you it had a bad resolver replace the resolver
Probably for a few thousand at most you can have a good working very reliable machine
wd40 and a scothcbright to get rid of the surface rust