I half-expect to get crucified for asking this question, but such is life. I just completed the construction of my first CNC machine, a 4x8 unit of my own design (but based heavily on designs from FineLine and CNCRP). I have one or two minor, niggling issues to work out (like a mysterious rattling on the Z-axis when moving down - but not up) but otherwise the machine is ready to rock and roll. I think.
So I went out yesterday morning to fire it up and do a test cut, and....the computer was fried. After a bit of troubleshooting, turns out the power supply was cooked. Long story short, I now have a new machine and am ready to go. I think.
My question is this: Is there a step-by-step "how to configure and/or fine-tune Mach" guide out there somewhere? I have the basics in place, I think - the computer recognizes the machine and the jog controls move the various axes in one direction or another (although I'd love to know how to reassign the arrow keys; based on the orientation of my machine to my keyboard, the left/right keys make the machine go forward/back and the up/down keys make it go left/right, which is confusing as hell).
I have a couple of small test projects to cut; created them with Vectric and exported code based on Mach controller. It just seems like there's probably a fair bit of tuning that ought to be done, based solely on the number of Mach menus I've looked at but can't decipher.