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The end to the story is that I was able to purchase (2) chips for $40.00. I have a friend that is a electronics wizard/inventor and he replaced the chip for me. (20 minutes). I put the machine back...

With the help from Centroid service I learned that the battery is embedded into a real time clock chip on the cpu board. If I can find the chip, I will have to desolder and resolder the chip in...

Hi, I just purchased a used ATRUMP bed mill with a Centroid M-400 on it. I put it in the shop and put power to it. The control booted part way, and a statement came up that said " CMOS battery...

You are correct, we were not turning on 3D, plus missing a couple of other steps. Working good now. Thanks.

We have Bobcad V19 on a old computer. Friend bought a Kondia mill with Dynapath M40 control and want to engrave some text. We can make the text ok in Bobcad, and get it to generate cutting code,...

Thanks for the reply...I kinda thought that is how it would work, but I want to check with someone smarter and more experienced than I am. Now, maybe after being "distracted" by other business...

I am finally getting back to a old project to retrofit a huge Sharnoa knee mill with Mach 3. In reviewing all I had planned, I found one item that I hadn't figured out. The original Z axis drive...

Machinist wages here have been static for 10 years or more as the auto industry dies, and volume manufacturing jobs go off shore to china etc. I have 30 years in an auto plant, first as a machine...

Very impressive!!! Looks like you did a teriffic job. You shop is so NEAT...how do you do that???

For an installation on a machine by someone who is NOT a machine repair person the Centroid would be the way to go. They are plug an play, mount the motors and the controls, plug in the cables and...

Al, you are right in the case of manual machines especially. However in my experience, if you are running a CNC from the phase converter, and you start or reverse another machine from the converter...

That hotdog thing that MrWild wrote about brought back memories of my years in the Navy. Late at night when on watch we would cook hotdogs by sticking a small piece of stainless welding wire in each...

A static phase converter is just a box with capacitors in it that makes a artificial third phase to help start a three phase motor off single phase. They work ok for light loads, but the motor only...

Hello, The rutex website, (rutex.com) has a paper that you can download regarding power supply/servo motor matching that will point you in the right direction for proper sizing of transformer etc. ...

Hey Wayne, I think we know each other sort of. You are a friend of Bill Waulken (spelling) if I remember correctly. I have a small shop in Brooklyn and had a couple of
Cadillac CNC's like Bill...

Just started using Deskengrave to do small text engraving jobs. It is quick and very easy to use, can use any font found in Windows word processer and outputs simple and straight forward g-code. I...

I kind of thought that would be the way to proceed. I plan on using the gen 2 deskcnc board to turn on/off the spindle and use the limit switch imputs to that board as well. I havent completed...

I'm doing a retrofit to pc based control on a large Sharnoa SD-900 mill. I 'm using the new Generation 2 controller board and deskcnc software, but I need to use rutex drives (series 2020 40 a....

Even with the basic Ajax setup, you will be more than happy. Centroid and Ajax are essentially the same system, just Ajaxs is sold in kit form and you can use your own motors. I had (2) Centroids...

I've been in the metal trades since 1965. Stated as a machinest in the navy, worked at small machine builders for several years. Got electronics and hydraulics degree's and moved on to be an...

I've had 2 mills running Centroid retro-fits, one an M-15 on a Clone mill with ball screws, and the second a M-400 on a series I rigid ram BP. Both worked fantastic for the 3-4 years I ran them. ...

I'm building (converting) a big Sharnoa mill from tiger III control that was dead to pc control with Rutex drives. This way I'll be able to fix it when it breaks. I have had several bridgeport...