Hey guys, I'm relatively new to all things CNC, i know just enough to be dangerous i guess. I have used MACH3 in the past on a similar CNC mini lathe and have a general understanding of how to operate its basic functions, but it was set up and calibrated by someone else previous to my experience with it. I recently decided to convert my manual mini lathe over and i am encountering a lot of questions that i cant answer for myself as i finish building my machine. To give you some background, i did some research and picked up mach4 and installed onto my laptop (which also runs my fusion 360 cadcam), usb smoothstepper to parallel port, geckodrive g540, and a couple nema 425oz/in steppers. I have no idea how where to start once i power everything up. ive read lots of horror stories about setting up mach3/ mach4 and im looking for advice. I've also read that i may need an add on for mach4 to run the usb smoothstepper.
ANY input is appreciated!
thanks in advance!