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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: cameraman1234 on January 04, 2018, 09:09:14 PM

Title: denford novamill and lathe conversion to mach three
Post by: cameraman1234 on January 04, 2018, 09:09:14 PM

Hello cnc world,
I have just started in the world of owning my own cnc machines. I have been serching through the forums and have decided on converting to my two machines to mach three instead of running the ridiclous priced denford software. I am now in foreign water for me and need some help with what i will need. I here a will need a new control board which one should get for both machines also. when you say driver do you mean a software driver or is that a motor of some kind. also is there any other program or programing i need to do?? Also what cable should i get i have a cable that coverts 9 pin to ethernet will that work if i get a adpadter to the 25 pin rs232 port on the machine. If possible could you send me a list of everthing I need. Thankyou very much

Title: Re: denford novamill and lathe conversion to mach three
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on January 05, 2018, 01:43:28 AM

The Gecko G540 would be an excellent controller - check out the Gecko website as there are many informative articles that explain in detail what you will need to get everything working. http://www.geckodrive.com/geckodrive-step-motor-drives/g540.html

Tweakie.

Title: Re: denford novamill and lathe conversion to mach three
Post by: Davek0974 on January 05, 2018, 02:16:56 AM

There is also a Denford section here....

http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/291-Denford-Mills