RE : [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] desperately seeking sign

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> [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] De la part de aerodecals
> Envoyé : mars 3 2007 23:15
> À : CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Objet : [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] desperately seeking sign
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> First off thank you for taking the time to put this website
> together however did that my hat is off to you, this is
> great. I Paid for a cnc router from 3d routers in illinois
> last year and finally got part of a machine this week. it is
> not all that I ordered but it has the table 3 axisis 3
> stepper motors, gantry, and is wired to what looks like a
> control box. with a printer cable coming out of it. I sure
> would like to put it together and have it work. it was
> suppose to have a bosch motor and spindle and I want to use
> it for engraving and cutting holes in .030 aluminum and to
> manufacture instrument panels for equipment. I am not sure if
> it is even capable of cutting this material. . I am currently
> doing this on an enco milling machine and it just seems like
> overkill and very time consuming to do it manually for each
> hole and location. If some one is interested insteering me in
> the right direction I am all ears. I put pictures of the
> machine I have up on the web at
> aerodecals.com projects page under MISC HEADING CNC thumbnail and
> am at present wondering what I will need to get this thing
> going. I have computers with win 98, dos. win xp and win 2000
> also have win access and win vb6 software. Any help or leads
> would be great. I have no cnc software but have adobe
> illustrator, cad corel draw 10 .and some vectorizing programs
> for 2d stuff Thanks Jack

The free demo version of Mach 2 is a good place to start.
http://www.machsupport.com/

It will send the STEP and DIRECTION to your controller via the parallel
cable. All documentation and downloads for Mach 2 are here:
http://www.machsupport.com/artsoft/downloads/downloads.htm

I wish I could be more helpful, I'm not finished building my own machine
from scratch.

Robert
:)