I was hoping to make some progress on the lathe last weekend but unfortunately my 2 week old Tig welder packed up so that had to be put on hold as I am making the control console from 3mm Alu and the mig is just not the best for that. I have at least got the drive cabinet wired and fitted so thats at least some progress.
Boris from PoKeys has kindly sent me his new key panel and a USB and Ethernet PoKeys to test out and I will be using them on this retrofit. Here is a link to the key panel.
http://poscope.com/product.php?pid=29 It looks much nicer in the flesh as well, I was very pleased when I saw it.
Below is also a pic of the control cabinet and also a render of the console I plan to make showing where the various parts will go. I still have to get a 60mm MPG as the spare one I have is 80mm and too big, that will have to wait though as the £2000 I have had to splash out on a decent tig has dented the funds a bit
Hood