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I am in inches.

I believe the calibration is just way off.

Well, good news I found someone using the Hobby CNC board and copied their settings into Mach3. Pulled up the mpg and got it moving!

To be on the safe side I am trying to set up my boundaries, but...

Is there a general setup for the HobbyCNC PRO Chopper Driver Board and Mach 3?

I made it a fair way through the intro videos, but at this point I am spending all my time building my car.

Anyone in the Milwaukee area I can pay to spend a day setting this up for me?

I picked up a rig to run this.

Desktop Unit
32 bit Windows 7
2.2 ghz processing
2 gigs ram
Video card
Parallel Port
18" thin monitor
Mouse, keyboard, etc

This makes more sense. I didn't know if the smooth stepper worked with the parallel port or alone.

Looks like I will be on the lookout for a decent computer with a parallel port and start...

I guess compact doesn't matter all that much. What ram/processing minimums should I be shooting for. Any preferred operating system?

Thanks.

Any insight on a smooth stepper? What about a hand controller that can do manual work?

Is the difference in laptops and desktops in the power supply?

The price is a little higher because of the size of the computer. I would ideally like to keep this as compact as possible.

I have never heard of smooth stepper.

What type of machine to people typically run?

Will a small PC like the one I have linked work?

After taking a second look this is starting to make sense.

I will need to figure out the software, but what type of laptop or computer would you recommend? Any performance minimums/operating...

Sorry for the delay. Per usual I have been delayed working on my car.

The first is the picture from the back of the unit. The second is some extra hardware that came with the mill. Any idea what I...

Thanks for the feedback. I am working on getting a laptop with a parallel port. I will get a picture of what is inside the box and start looking into software - funny the cds were given to me during...

Hello from Milwaukee WI,

I am normally one to read the forums rather than write, but since this seems like a very friendly community (not what you normally see on other forums) I figured I would...