im picking up a new to me 4xl tomarrow what should i look for and will it have software on it
Make sure that the machine is complete and in overall good condition and ideally that it will home/initialize and jog at least.
The software on the machine is just firmware, Grbl 1.1 — to use the machine you’ll need Carbide Motion at least:
and there’s also Carbide Create:
for documentation see:
esp.
https://my.carbide3d.com/gettingstarted/shapeoko4/
and note that you can pretty much rebuild a machine to like new w/ a Maintenance Kit:
(pick the right machine from the drop-down)
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