Help with lathe options

Hi Andy,

Right. Just checked my PC and the parallel card shows up in lshw and also in hwinfo. The version of Linuxcnc is V2.7.8, the latest as I reinstalled it on Thursday. I can run all the example configs that it comes with. As for my interface, I bought 3 Nema27 motors with drivers and the parallel breakout board from a UK Ebay shop who specialise in robotics etc. I have no idea what make it is but they say it is compatible with both Mach3 and EMC (LinuxCnc). I am planning on using it on a Waco lathe (500mm between centers) using mouse and keyboard. I use a full size XYZ CNC lathe at work with Seimens control but always wanted to build my own - I have a customer requiring small parts which this would be ideal.

Sorry, my question was unclear:
Which User Interface do you anticipate using, and will you be using touchscreen or keyboard?

Hi. I am planning on using Gmoccapy with a keyboard and mouse.

With a keyboard and mouse you probably want to use the version of the config that is here

Just extract it to your configs directory and try running it.

(It uses Axis, but that is fairly easy to change)

Awesome. Thank you so much. I will send it to my PC at the workshop now and try it in the morning. Will let you know. Many thanks again

Thanks Andy. I uploaded it today and ran it. It works just like I needed it to. There are only 2 small questions, I could probably Google it. First is I want to start it maximized. I suppose in the INI file there would be something I could add. Also when I tried to run it it said there was an error d1 feed cannot be zero???