I'm on the verge of hitting 10k/week in handmade jewelry. One machine is the only thing standing between me and that.
I'll keep this short because I know you don't have time for a novel.
I'm 21. I run a small fine jewelry workshop in Croatia. Handmade silver and gold pieces like rings, pendants, custom work. I already have distributors. I already have clients. The demand is there.
The missing piece is my CNC engraving machine. An older Italian 3-axis jewelry CNC that ran flawlessly on Mach3 for years. Once I get this thing online, I can scale. Right now I'm leaving serious money on the table every single week because I'm stuck on a hardware problem that I can't solve alone.
Here's the issue:
My new PC runs Windows 11 64-bit, so no direct LPT support. I bought a UC100 USB motion controller to bypass that. It arrived with a DB25 connector. My CNC machine cable has a Centronics 36-pin connector. They don't fit.
Simple question for anyone who knows their way around Mach3 and motion controllers:
Will a DB25 to Centronics 36-pin adapter work between the UC100 and my CNC machine cable — or is there a better solution I'm missing? Should I maybe use 2 pc-s for my work, one older just to run mach3 and the other for design?
Photos in comments.
And one more thing!
if anyone here is based near Croatia and has hands-on experience with CAD/CAM work, specifically jewelry design in Rhino or similar, I'd genuinely love to connect. There's money to be made together and I'm serious about building this. DM me.
