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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Conect 121 cnc retrofit
« on: February 10, 2015, 05:59:51 AM »
Case of try and see Russ, sure I had issues on the big lathe with a small disc, increased the dia and problem gone but that was a long time ago as when I went to the SmoothStepper I just used the motors encoder..
Sooty1986
Probably other ones on RS that would do the same job, just I got the part number from a guy years ago and it worked great for me on all the machines I used it on, even used it as limits on some machines.
Cant really recommend any places in the UK for BOBs as I have only ever used PMDX and CNC Building Blocks BOBS, the latter no longer being made.
Nowadays I use CSMIO controllers so no need for BOBs, sadlly their IP-M controller does not do Lathe threading or it would have been an excellent choice. Looks a bit more expensive at first but when you see that it has no need for a BOB, has spindle control and also analogue I/O for feed override etc, then it suddenly looks a lot cheaper.
Hood
Sooty1986
Probably other ones on RS that would do the same job, just I got the part number from a guy years ago and it worked great for me on all the machines I used it on, even used it as limits on some machines.
Cant really recommend any places in the UK for BOBs as I have only ever used PMDX and CNC Building Blocks BOBS, the latter no longer being made.
Nowadays I use CSMIO controllers so no need for BOBs, sadlly their IP-M controller does not do Lathe threading or it would have been an excellent choice. Looks a bit more expensive at first but when you see that it has no need for a BOB, has spindle control and also analogue I/O for feed override etc, then it suddenly looks a lot cheaper.
Hood