New to the forum, got a steal on my first lathe for 50 bucks.
My light machine lathe has stepper motors with DB9 serial ends that are broke and I have no cnc controller
I'd like to convert the db9 to usb. If it's not considered practical, I have a source for cheap db9 ends.
Moreover If someone who owns one of these machines bought a cnc controller, what's recommended?
I've seen many running in the 25 to 50 dollar range. My steppor motors work, so if 50 bucks gets the cnc working that will be awesome.