My project is a Light Machine TMC 1000 CNC tabletop mill that I bought locally. This mill came out of a technical school and looks like it only cut plastics or wax. I bought it for the steel. I am replacing the original drive motors with double-shafted stepper motors so I can add some handles. The wiring harness for the steppers, limit switches and 1hp DC motor with working variable speed control are in good shape. I bought a replacement E-stop button and new cog belts for the steppers and spindle motor.
I just bought 3 Gecko 202 drives from their August sale to run the stepper motors.
My next step is to put together the power supply and parallel port breakout board from Campbell designs. I have been going though old posts here and found a lot of good information. Bob Campbell also has a PDF that has helped me with transformer and capacitor sizes.
I have an old Hughes aircraft aluminum server box that I am going to use for the control panel. The next step is to layout all the parts, I found some pictures here on this forum that are giving me some ideas too.
Here is a picture of the TMC 1000 that I am retrofitting. I will update the pictures as I go.
Thanks for all information I found here.
Frank