[retrofitting123]

I just bought the 6040 usb cnc and figured there may be a wealth of info on this forum.. im having some issues in mach 3 getting set up and figured Id sign up for the forum.:smile:

 

[difalkner]

Welcome to the forum, Rob! What sort of issues are you having? I use Mach4 but there are plenty of Mach3 users here to assist.

David

 

[retrofitting123]

well my issue is pretty simple .. After installing mach 3 and all the drivers , I cannot sync mach 3 to the 6040 .. its a usb version which in theory would be easier, but I actually regret not getting a parallel port version.. The reason is , thousands of people have already figured out the bugs with the parallel port version. Not soo much with the USB version , very little info out there ( well theres info , but it isn't related to setup

 

[old55]

Welcome to the forum Rob.

 

[retrofitting123]

thanks Ross!

 

[Multiwood]

Welcome to the forum Rob. Congratulations on being a new Father.

 

[marecat3]

Welcome to the forum

 

[MEBCWD]

Welcome to the Router Forums Rob. There are quite a few 6040 CNC owners now and hopefully someone here will have some configuration files for you that will get you up and running.

 

[whimsofchaz]

Welcome to the forum Rob. There are a lot of good people here that can solve your problem or find a path for you to follow. Don't forget there is a wealth of information here, use the search function to try and find some answers. Also some of the guys might not see this post until a few days have past.

 

[retrofitting123]

Welcome to the forum Rob. There are a lot of good people here that can solve your problem or find a path for you to follow. Don't forget there is a wealth of information here, use the search function to try and find some answers. Also some of the guys might not see this post until a few days have past.

thanks! ive been scouring.. there are several older posts where guys had similar issues setting up the 6040.. im still reading through them..

 

[retrofitting123]

well I got it solved.. Oddly enough , in order to install the 6040 USB version I needed to download adobe reader to open the USB6040 file.. How this prompts the connection from the machine to mach 3 , I have no clue.. But that's how it works.. Hopefully this info will save someone 5 days of diagnostics and scouring the web,. For aluminum parts, the 6040 is showing tons of potential..this is 2 1/2 inch deep 1 inch diameter holes with a 2 flute carbide 1/4 inch end mill.. actual hole size was 1.005 , not too shabby for first cuts.