Documentation

The manuals on this page are downloadable PDF files. To read them you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Mach3

An install and configuration guide for Mach3Mill release 3+. Suitable for Mills, Routers, Plasma tables, and general information for Lathes.

A printed version of this manual is now available. For more information, please see the forum post here: Printed Manual

A usage guide for Mach3 software release 1.84+.
Version to support lockdown release 1.84.
User written guide to threading with Mach3Turn.
Notes about CV.
Reference of available macro function calls for Mach3 V3.x.
A Wiki containing all the customization information for Mach3.
Hungarian Documentation for Mach3Mill.
Hungarian Documentation for Mach3Turn.
Chinese Documentation for Mach3Mill.
Dutch Documentation for Mach3Mill.
Italian Documentation for Mach3Mill.
Korean Documentation for Mach3Mill.

Mach2

Documentation for Mach2Mill Release 6.11.
Details of all the customization features of Mach2 including the Screen Designer, writing macros, and interfacing for special hardware. Much of this manual also relates to Mach3.

LazyCam

As the software is still Beta, there are no written docs available for using it (the training videos and forum posts should be enough to get most people savvy enough to run Beta level software started).

Sample Post-Processor files (Mill, Plasma) and Variables list.

Mach3 Addons for Mill

Misc.

This shows the setup and config of the G100 pulseing engine from Gecko drives.
Thanks to Marris Freimanis of Gecko Drives for the schematic and Les Newell for the idea of  the charge pump safety device in the first place.
Thanks to Shaun Wainford.