Hello WORLD!
So, I have been retrofitting machines for 8+ years. I have felt a sense of neglect to the community that has helped me so much, so I want to return the favors.
I purchased a 17"x40" Standard Modern CNC Lathe with 8 station tool changer on it. The control is a milltronics control (obviously outdated).
The machine looks to be in great condition, I will receive it next week.
Here is the plan:
I will make a multi part video series, here and on youtube, of me hooking up and retrofitting the entire machine. I will be going into the entire machine, selecting the best electronics, deciding whether to keep the servos and replace them with hybrid steppers (pretty cool stuff).
Electronics:
I have a ethernetsmooth stepper, with c32 board from cnc4pc (about $400.00), with mach 3 turn.
I may purchase a kflop and dynomotion to run the exhisting servos. OR...
I may purchase the CSMIO IP/A for servos, I have one already that works great on my Mill, I would just have to buy it from Poland :| and wait 2 weeks for it to get here...
I may purchase another system that can interface with servos...I forgot the name but will let yall know...Oh wait its dpsmc....
So first things first I will upload pics once the machine arrives, I will try to upload pics every few days of my progress
Stay Tuned!