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Its ages since I was active on here bassett so sorry for the response delay, but popped on to ask about a renishaw probe retrofit for my vmc.
No I never replaced the floppy disks with a different...

Hi all, long time no post but I have purchased a Renishaw mp3 probe to use in my Cincinnati Sabre which currently has no machine wiring for a touch probe. I can deal with the heidenhain control side...

Dont know about the series2, but the series1 certainly has a underslung motor. Thankfully...

http://gallery.pipandphil.com/d/38635-1/head_clearance.jpg

Hi skippy, you would have a pm back if cnczone would allow it, but it threw a error so Ive shot you a mail instead.

Well it seems obvious now I have looked at it under a loupe and prodded it a bit, you feed 5v into a pad on the unpopulated side of the board near the port connector, this powers the relays, then...

Interesting thread, I just dug up someone elses thread on the same subject from 2013, but at least this one is only a few months old not years.
Im at the starting this myself stage soon (I'm just...

Hi quilter47, this post just came up for me searching for wiring detail for my bob, but on my linuxcnc controlled milling machine.
I'm posting here because when the machine is done, my wife is...

Hi after a bit of a steer with wiring a sunwin 6 axis bob up but just to give spindle vfd speed control and some extra inputs.
I have another breakout board to deal with the axis on another physical...

Ok, I have the exact armspec files for my arm from hexagon. And they sort of work, but its obviously been apart so many times since it was last calibrated that it's not in spec any more but at least...

Hi, does anyone have the ArmSpec files to suit a Romer 1000i or a 3000i 6 axis?
I have a open ticket with Hexagon, but I've already been briefed not to expect any results as they consider the non...

And one last final update, the one I wanted to make. Its almost finished thanks to some wise words from JMullet and others. I say almost because I've decided that monitor has to go now for one the...

Its sorted, for posterity and for anyone else searching, the cables tagged red in the machine cabinet are the EARTH side of things, as apparently red was a japanese earth colour for this era machine....

Anyone? I'm just asking if anyone can snap a clearish photo of their edm, showing where the discharge cables bolt onto the table and which connection points have a link connecting them together....

Hi all, I am still working on my project sodick bf275 and test it, and I've got the computer side working and the table moving to mdi and pendant moves after much work inside but one last detail...

More fun, powered up, Y is moving fine, X axis dead. Swapped the plugs, and X axis moves as Y fine.
Swapped the servo packs, and X axis servo pack is blown, notice a bad fuse, and a bag of fuses...

Generic 30amp 5v psu arrived, specs say 90-250vac in. Its putting out 3.8vdc out being fed 100vac from the rail.
Tried replacement, too impatient to wait for another to be sourced so took the...

More diagnostics while waiting for the psu + transformers to arrive.
I *think* a replacement disk has been ordered from a edm supplier, although they haven't sent me confirmation of the order, nor...

I finally got it powered up, and ran into some new issues.
First the transformer that feeds the heavy unit with 100v 18v and 17v was bad, it's been on fire judging by its appearance. So I'm running...

Not much progress as I've been bogged down with issues of transport damage inside the power cabinet so the big switch on hasn't happened yet, but I now have a spare pc9801-uv machine arrive from...

First many thanks for your assistance with the dropbox with info from your Xi control machine.
I wrote the images from sodick's site to floppies using DD under linux, and my machine boots them with...

That'd be great, sodick have had a shuffle round on their server it seems and some of the links Ive tried are 404'ing now.
I've sent another email to Sodick UK asking them if they can supply the...

I think I have the bad drive working now, I stripped it and used alcohol on a bud + some plain card to gently scrub the read heads and slideways and used a tiny amount of sewing machine oil to...

Another sign drive2 is bad, it wouldn't revert to basic until I'd swapped the drives over, it was electrically hanging the drive bus. I think its toast, but when the second 9801 arrives, I'll try the...

No, when I posted that, it was the initial system that wouldnt start. I had a flash of inspiration, and swapped 1 for 2 and moved the jumpers/physical cable positions so the original 1 became 2 and...

Oh just as a fyi, if you remove the floppy drive assembly from the case, just under there is a varta mempak battery, I would recommend if you haven't already done so, to buy a new one and replace it....

Well its in the workshop, and Ive got just the pc under power. I bought a cheap japanese travel adaptor to give me 100v, but I measured it and under load it puts 40v out so threw that in the bin. I...

Well small update, the HxC person in France has answered my question about compatibility with the pc9801Uv used, and it is working with their sd drive project, but it requires a VFO (variable...

Thanks for your reply, and good input on the usb->floppy adaptors, I'll tread extra carefully on that front.Lotharek is a official ebay reseller of the HxC floppy emulator project, on their forums...

Hi all, I have bought a non working Sodick BF275 wire edm on a whim "because I could" with some vauge idea of using it to make some parts for projects after some encouragement from a friend, sure...

Bob, thats great, thanks for taking time to do that, it had been playing on my mind that I had altered the dips without fully understanding them, but your table makes perfect sense.
Its something...