@GrblGru, oh wow, that’s fantastic! Thank you for following this up and bringing good news! Very exciting, hopefully I can get the basic arm up and running in the meantime ????
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@GrblGru, oh wow, that’s fantastic! Thank you for following this up and bringing good news! Very exciting, hopefully I can get the basic arm up and running in the meantime ????
Thanks for the prompt reply GrblGru! Much appreciated for you to consider how this might be implemented.
Hi GrblGru,
I’ve just found your amazing program and think it will be perfect for my application. You have done some fantastic work to produce and support it.
I’m developing a 5 axis robot arm...
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I have recently acquired an old Epilogue radius laser engraver with a Synrad 48-2 tube. The original control seems to be all good and the tube was presumed dead. However, the mirrors and...
Thanks for your reply Al!
That looks like it was a very good retrofit solution! My PLC supports 3 axis with step and direction signals, but the only closed loop I'll have in the system is between...
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I have an old Promecam press brake with a cnc MB control fitted. The control developed a number of problems and after patching it up, it finally died!
Does anybody have any recommendations...
Yes I had a 'y axis over travel' alarm.
I changed the 701 parameter to 999999 from my value of 12000, ref'd the machine then set the 701 parameter back to 12000 and all seems to be good.
When...
Hmmm..Ok, now I have lost my reference position for my Y axis.... Any ideas how I now restore this? I've been reading up and found something on grid shift. However, I'm not entirely sure where the...
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I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with retrofitting their machine with an Anilam controller? I have a small cnc lathe that I'm working on at the minute, various electronic...
Thanks for your reply!
The arrangement of the switches is 1 limit and one home / reference per axis with a "dog" that activates each switch. Parameters 20 and 21 on my control both read all zeros....
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I need to replace the y axis ball screw bearings on a machining centre I've recently purchased. I'm just wondering if disassembling the motor / pulley assembly will affect the referencing...
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I've recently acquired a VMC that is branded up as something other than a Hurco, but has a Hurco BMC 20 Iron underneath. I've concluded that the Y axis ballscrew bearings need replacing,...
Thanks for the reply, I have also looked into Eding for a previous project and while I think the product looks to be very good, I'm not looking to use a PC based control, I'd much rather an...
I have looked over the Centroid controls before, but they are out of my price range to be honest, probably more then the machine is worth. I'd be interested to see a machine with Centroid on though,...
Hi guys,
I've got a late 90's cnc lathe that runs on a dos based industrial computer. I've only owned the machine for a few months, but when I bought it there was one servo that was bad. Long...
Right ok, after a mach anticipated wait, my machine should be delivered to my workshop tomorrow :)
It seems like I placed the order ages ago... oh no wait, it was ages ago! Never the less, I'm...
Thanks for replying.
Yes there is a section in 1 of my manuals that describes reading a tool in that way. However, in the list of G codes accepted, there is no mention of G54. I'm not really...
Hi guys,
I'm looking for a bit of help with a machine that I've recently purchased. The machine is a Denford Cyclone cnc lathe, which runs its own control software based on Fanuc G and M codes.
...
Yeah pots only, the machine is circa 1998, so its a bit old, but hardly been used! I thought it was a tuning issue, I'll have a play around with the other pots tomorrow and see if I can make any more...
Hi guys,
I've recently bought a small cnc lathe, really nice machine with very little use (it came from a school) The machine has parker DC brushless motors and drives (BL30). I powered the...
Yes I really did have a dilema because the 2 machines seemed pretty even matched. I think there is a thread documenting the purchase of a K30MT somewhere, I've had a look, but can't locate it just...
Piniaki, did you get a reply from the manufactures? Sorry for my late reply, I've been busy with other stuff.
Regarding your machine size, 600 x 900 isn't huge, depending on the space you have...
Hi Piniaki,
I am or was in the same situation as you when I started looking into CNC routers. I actually started building my own, but it was taking too long to complete and I just needed something...
Just another update. The machine is now ready to be dispatched to me :) I've made the final payment today, its now in the hands of my UK shipping agent to get the machine to me, hopefully without any...
Hi guys,
Ok well I've had some pictures through of my machine so far.... Jack said there was another 3 days work to do before it is ready to despatch :) Time to get things ready this end then!
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Haha well I am 2 parts crazy, 1 part disaster me!!
well I have been trying to get my landlord to put in a roller shutter door so I can get stuff in and out more easily, but he's reluctant to pay...
Hi guys, not much of an update, but I'm trying to keep this thread going... I spoke with Jack from omni earlier this week, maybe Monday ish, My machine was around 60% complete at that stage and he...
Ok, a slight backtrack on my last update.... This has been quite a stressful experience and I haven't really made it any easier by comparing 2 machines that appear to be on par with each other. The...
Thanks for the offer, I'm not all that far away from you, I'm in Stoke-on-Trent. I'm just curious to know what issues you've had with your omni? Which motors etc did you go for, do you have any pics...