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General Mach Discussion / Re: Any one used xylotex boards to upgrade an EMCO lathe?

« on: May 04, 2009, 02:05:58 PM »

Thanks for all of the replys. I am a shop teacher at a high school and we have quite a few cnc spectra light machines that we use. I want to upgrade the Emco because it can do longer stock. So from the replys I am getting I may be able to buy a Gecko G540 and use the motors that are on the lathe currently. Maybe just up my power supply. I am mainly interested in using an program like Mach 3 instead of the current welsoft program. When I bought the lathe it was run from a Mac. The Welsoft program up grades it to a pc and uses a 9 volt power supply.

Thanks.

jack

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Any one used xylotex boards to upgrade an EMCO lathe?

« on: May 01, 2009, 04:39:55 PM »

So did you have to get a board to hook the motors to and then the board plugs into the parallel port on the computer?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Any one used xylotex boards to upgrade an EMCO lathe?

« on: May 01, 2009, 02:33:11 PM »

What software do you use on your Emco?
Jack

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Any one used xylotex boards to upgrade an EMCO lathe?

« on: May 01, 2009, 02:31:58 PM »

I have a compact 5 pc. What stepper motors do you recommend? do they need to be 9volt? do you have a vendor in mind? What kind of board would I get?

thanks for the info.

Jack

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General Mach Discussion / Any one used xylotex boards to upgrade an EMCO lathe?

« on: May 01, 2009, 01:00:37 PM »

I have an older EMCo lathe that I am currently using Welturn on, I bought a Xylotex board to upgrade to a PC and then use Mach II. Any one done this or have ideas how to hook the board up?

Thanks.

Jack