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    I might be looking at the wrong one, not sure. ...

    I might be looking at the wrong one, not sure.

    The voltage to turn the relay on will be 12 volt dc (max 50mA).

    The load I'm trying to turn on is 120ac for a small coolant pump.

    Am I looking...
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    Re: Is this even legal? :)

    I was today years old when I learned about SSR's. Took about 5 minutes of looking and found this one here -...
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    Is this even legal? :)

    I'm almost finished with my retrofit but have hit a snag.

    I have the DMM DMB4250-8B breakout board (https://www.dmm-tech.com/DMB4250-8B_main.html)

    According to the manual it says D16 and D17...
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    Re: Question about DMB4250 breakout board

    HAHA! Now I see it. I'm a dummy.

    Thanks!!
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    Question about DMB4250 breakout board

    I'm retrofitting a machine using 86M DHT motors, DYN4 drives and a DMB4250 breakout board. I have a question about the board. According to one video (see below at the 1:47 mark) it says the board...
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    Spindle motor wiring diagram

    I have a spindle motor with the following motor tag. I'll be using the rating in the box - 230v @ 50 hz.

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    The diagram from the cover showing how to jump the leads; seems simple...
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    Re: Build Thread - Cielle Alfa 80 x 120

    Little more done.

    I tried to re-use the motor mount for the X axis carrier but messed it up so I made another one. While I had it off I disassembled the spindle of the nut drive and...
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    Re: Build Thread - Cielle Alfa 80 x 120

    Yes, 80cm x 120cm. It looks like I can squeeze maybe 2 more inches out of the Y travel getting me closer to 3'; Havn't checked the X yet.

    An Alfa in the driveway would be NICE!! Classic though,...
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    Re: Build Thread - Cielle Alfa 80 x 120

    Little more progress. I soaked some blue shop towels in evaporust and draped them over the rails for a few hours. Took them off and then went to town with WD-40 and a green scotch brite. There...
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    Re: Build Thread - Cielle Alfa 80 x 120

    Couple pics from today.

    Machine ID tag

    472374

    Removed some of the covers to get access.

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    Build Thread - Cielle Alfa 80 x 120

    I picked up a 20± year old Cielle Alfa 80 x 120 router and plan to do an electronics retrofit / upgrade on it. Still working out the details but I know it definitely needs an x-axis leadscrew. Even...
  12. Re: VFD for spindle motor with no HP rating on tag

    Thanks; found a 3hp Teco I think is gonna be the winner :)
  13. Re: VFD for spindle motor with no HP rating on tag

    Well,... I was today years old when I found out kw could be converted to hp. :D

    Thanks a bunch!!!
  14. VFD for spindle motor with no HP rating on tag

    I have a Cielle CNC router that I'm retrofitting and need to figure out what VFD I need to run the spindle but the motor tag does not appear to have a HP rating on it. It is Italian though so I...
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    Re: Yet another Hardinge Accuslide

    Got a little more done in both cabinets. Still need to do some wire management but lights are coming on and flashy things are flashing!

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    Re: Yet another Hardinge Accuslide

    Little more progress yesterday.

    Drives mounted
    Monitor mounted to faceplate and then mounted to the box
    Made a small bracket to hold the computer and USB ports - trying not to penetrate the...
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    Re: Yet another Hardinge Accuslide

    I got the computer mount moved back to give me a little more room to move around.
    The box is cleaned out.
    New face plate made and mounted. There will be another over this one for the monitor. I...
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    Yet another Hardinge Accuslide

    I recently picked up a Hardinge AHC that's been fitted with an Accuslide. The parameters were lost when the batteries died, the spindle encoder is bad and the VFD is DOA. Good candidate for a...
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    Re: Z axis troubleshooting

    That's exactly why I posted the question here; practical experience Initially I thought it was the z axis brake but that would not have caused it to not lift when it was supposed to. Then I started...
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    Z axis troubleshooting

    Tormach 1100 series 3 - bought around 1/15



    Today, while cutting a pocket the z axis decides to plunge about 1/2" unexpectedly. Thought it was a fluke so I loaded another blank. Did it again...
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    Re: MCG motor with Renco encoder question

    Thanks to both for the responses. A suggestion for possible replacement motors was going to be a followup question should I not be able to work these motors out. I was trying to go as inexpensive...
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    MCG motor with Renco encoder question

    I've just picked up a Hardinge with an Accuslide on it with Fagor controls. Plan to to an upgrade possibly with Centroid Acorn at the heart. Going through the hardware I can't find the specs for...
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    Re: Hurco KMP3 retrofit

    Even a little progress is still progress right?

    PMDX and Geckos mounted.

    441958


    Encoders mounted and wired.

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    Connecting a PMDX-107 to a Teco-L510 VFD

    I got my 107 last week and started hooking it up this morning. I'm to section 2, #6 - "apply power". Since I'm wiring my first VFD here I thought I'd get a double check before I crank on the juice....
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    Re: Hurco KMP3 retrofit

    NIce! There's a few more on here that I've seen on the past. Good to get some time in each day. Makes you feel like you're getting somewhere.

    I'm starting on the control cabinet.

    Before...
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    Hurco KMP3 retrofit

    I picked up this mill several years ago and documented my challenges on another forum. No need to re-hash that here but I'll answer any questions. Long story short there was some trial to get it...
  27. Re: Retrofitting and old benchtop mill - Town Labs 512

    Can't argue with that! :cheers:
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    It drives me crazy. Well, crazier I guess.

    - - - Updated - - -



    Thank you much. Hope I get some use out of it.
  29. Re: Retrofitting and old benchtop mill - Town Labs 512

    Some test cuts.

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    The accuracy is a little off but that may be due to some adjustments needing to be made in the software and the need to tighten up some parts. The linear bearings were...
  30. Re: Retrofitting and old benchtop mill - Town Labs 512

    Not many more pictures to show as the machine still looks mostly the same since the last update but here's a video of the wiring process and some testing.


    https://youtu.be/GlAnTECjpFU
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