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too many irons on the fire, I bought a 66 Jag with a buddy and we are working on that which also required me to do some painting and wiring on the building. I was just getting ready to get back to...

heres some pics when I took it apart. Only thing missing is the pump and line from the pump.

chinese vfd is in the trash. I ordered a new better quality one a few weeks ago and have been gathering parts to swap it in. Its in now and I have it running from the vfd keypad so alls well as main...

I was able to get the toolchanger working. over the past couple weeks its been quite a battle learning and implementing the programming to make the toolchanger turn on command T1 M6. I got that...

haven't posted for a while. The shake up with the gigantic VFD is pretty much settled. The VFD was moved to the inside wall of the right side rear panel. Along with the VFD the EMI filter and 2 phase...

new plan, looks like moving the VFD to the back of the lathe main enclosure is the best idea. I will attach it half way up this panel and fabricate a splash shield to be doubly sure the coolant cant...

received the VFD a few days ago, its HUGE. the VFD is now causing quite a shakup. heres the 3D and the real (now a mess) Im going to add a wall so I can move the toolerator and the mesa card onto...

haven't had time to get out to the shop. But I have ordered a few more components. Here is an updated control cabinet layout with line reactors, emi filter, resistive brake, cabinet fan and updated...

worked on a couple things today. I used one of the many extra cables from the emco to make a new encoder cable. The BEI encoder had a 7 pin military style connector, I found a new mate and soldered...

got the encoder mount plate finished. It interfered slightly with an ear on the lathe, rather than cut the lathe spindle housing I notched the BEI encoder just enough to give good belt tension. Once...

worked a little bit on the encoder plate while I wait for more control parts. I cut the hole for the encoder locating bore. Likely I will just do the rest with the manual bridgeport and with a...

got a little more done last night. I got 5 packages of parts so I was able to do more on the power wiring. I added the inlet plug and the main breaker as well as mounting the new longer din rail for...

Sunday I made a shaft adapter. since the difference is not enough to put in a set screw I just ended up splitting it to use the pulley set screw for both diameters. this doesn't have a lot of torque...

ran most of the power wires today. It looks a mess but I will jacket all of the loose runs that are there now. Removed the big contactor (24vdc psu doesnt have enough output to trigger it) and stole...

been working with the guys over at Linuxcnc forum. this is the latest power wire diagram. I also was able to get out in the shop and mount some of the terminal blocks and the huge motor starter. I...

this weekend:
1. drilled the through hole for the cables, I think I will use this one for the high power cables only and drill another for the low power/signal cables. Im using cat6A shielded cable...

received my control cabinet yesterday. I put it together today and mounted it on the side of the lathe cabinet. At the last minute I bought the 4 inch taller one figuring the extra room would help...

I ended up getting a used encoder from Ebay. I will need to adapt the mount and pulley from the Emco encoder. This one will have two channels and an index which should work with the MESA card to give...

hi, some progress on the emcoturn 120. I powered up the toolerator3000 and toolchanger and was able to get the toolchanger to index one position by pushing snap switch 2 on the toolerator3000 pcba....

So I made the decision to use linuxcnc for the lathe. linux is quite a departure from windows, so its been a little bit of a learning curve so far. all the fancy drag and drop and double clicks have...

Hi Frederic, I saw your post and Im happy to see your progress. Your work is part of the reason I decided it would be possible to do it with all of the reference material available and a lot of help...

the Dell FX170 arrived today as well as the ball screw grease, 24vdc, 5vdc power supplies and the small rj45 BOB.

got the toolerator 3000 pcba built but not tested. still need to get a 24vdc power supply and the turret reassembled

thanx, I went and looked closer at the superlube and it is NLGI #2 rated. could have got some others cheaper but this one is on the way already.

from this (page 9) im going to get this superlube because I cant find any of the nye products listed and get this Amazon.com: Astro 101 Mini Grease Gun with Needle Nozzle: Home Improvement to deal...

I looked at the screws and they did not have damage as shown in your excellent video. The notchiness seems to only be present if the screw is completely unloaded, with any pressure at all they are...

also got a little work done on the lathe. got ball screws and stepper mounts attached tonight for both axis

woohoo pcb's are here

reassembled the x-axis slide, the oiler lines, and the z-axis slide. completed the Toolerator 3000 BoM and ordered 2 sets of parts from Digi-Key and Mouser. I also ordered a chinese solder station,...

motor pulley mounted and aligned, x and z axis in the cooker. The BoM for the toolerator 3000 pcba is figured out (mostly) and I should be getting bare PCB's delivered tomorrow DHL.