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Fully working on original hardware, upgraded PC. Fanuc control installed. See listing for more details!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/325023815756

Does anyone have the floppy disks for a PC Turn 120? I've finally powered mine up and it's asking for a system restore disk. If you have them, would you be able to take some image backups of the...

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Need some help choosing a machine from a shortlist of 3 please! This will be my first machine with a sub spindle and live tooling, I use Fusion 360 for post and I'm happy I can program for...

I'm using the ST-V2 Chinese breakout board from earlier in the thread, and the C3 index board.

EDIT The Bob was behaving like this even before I installed the C3

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Please may I tap into your font of knowledge once again? I have sorted the index pulse issue with a CNC4PC board, which does the same thing as my transistor but much more reliable and...

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I have a spare switch so I'll start removing components from the red switch.

I have had successful triggers by using a separate transistor but I don't think it's switching fast enough...

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Thanks, the board in my last post is an alternative I'm considering, it's not the one I have currently. The one in the first post is correct.

What do I need to do to get my original...

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Many thanks.

There are indeed 2 more resistors on the back side of the switch....

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Thanks. I don't know much about the optical switch, it's one of a bunch I bought a while ago for my 3D printers. It's operating range is 3.3-5v but that's all I know. It has some...

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I've got a Boxford 160TCL that I'm converting to use Mach3, I am using this 5 axis breakout board:
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Thanks - this sort of thing? https://www.harborfreight.com/7-inch-x-10-inch-precision-mini-lathe-93212.html

I'll try to track down something similar. We can get Chinese lathes for about £500 but...

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I'm embarking on another project, this time I want to build a CNC Lathe. Space is a huge issue for me now with the small area I have available now filled with 3D printers and a CNC'D RF31....

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That's sorted it thanks - Plumbed all the commons into the +5v port you mentioned and it's running - BOB is powered from the USB, I noticed earlier I was getting +5v out there when I was...

Ger21, I have the pins referred to as GND on the BOB axis outputs connected to the common on the Geckos.

I forgot to mention I'm using a PCI expansion parallel port.

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I have a parallel breakout board (manual attached) which I have configured in Mach3 (xml attached) following all the instructions. If I jog in Mach3 the co-ordinates move but the steppers...

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I've got a CNC Masters CNC Jr (poison I know). It has a USB breakout board with Gecko 201s on a separate board and proprietary control software. The USB chokes when interpolating commands. ...

Can anyone help me? I'm really struggling with this.

Is there a way I can probe the outputs of the breakout board with a multimeter to determine where to plug them in on the Invertek VFD?

I've been talking to CNC Masters, this is the pinout for their current VFD. They say the breakout board wires in exactly the same way as the old one.

http://i.imgur.com/DPZbgsT.jpg

I don't unfortunately, all I've got right now are the photos. I'm going to email the owner now to see if I can get that info - they should still have the original VFD.

So I'm restoring a CNC Jr that I got for the price of moving it and a new VFD. I know it's not the best machine in the world but I couldn't refuse a bargain like that. I'm also in the process of...

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I need some help choosing a VFD for a CNC Jr please.

I know the one that was on it previously was a Leeson AC. It needs to take single phase 230v from the wall and convert it to 3 phase...

Hi all, I'm from the UK, I have recently acquired a CNC Jr for just the cost of moving it and replacing the VFD. I'm sure I will be here a lot asking questions about getting it up and running and...