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General Mach Discussion / Bridgeport VFD reccomendation

« on: July 31, 2008, 09:08:21 PM »

Hello, I have an old Bridgeport J head with a Prototrak retrofit that I am working on retrofitting to Mach3. I want to use a VFD for speed control as well as for on/off and fwd/rev. Do any of you have any advice or reccomendation for a specific brand/type? If possible, I would like to be able to use it with Mach as well when I get it retrofitted.

Thanks,
Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Anybody using Mach on an Okuma Lathe?

« on: June 16, 2008, 09:44:35 PM »

I just purchased an older Okuma Lathe, LB15, wondering if anyone has retrofitted one of these to run on Mach?

Scott

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SmoothStepper USB / Does the SS have PWM outputs?

« on: April 18, 2008, 08:11:18 PM »

Hello, I have started another thread in gereral mach. I have be told that in order to use my servos and drives with Mach, I will need a controller between Mach and my drives to control them. Apparently I need a controller that outputs PWM, does the SS output PWM at all or will I need to look for another controller?

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General Mach Discussion / Hello 1st post, need advice on controller, board, drivers

« on: March 30, 2008, 08:01:00 PM »

Hello all, this is my first post! I have an older Bridgeport that is running with a Prototrak MX# 3 axis CNC setup. Works pretty well for how out of date it is, performs simple tasks easily. Problem is I have to program every event and it's eating time like nobody's business! I need the ability to import G code from V-carve pro or other tool path makers.  I have been successful so far with the demo versions of both Mach 3 and V-carve.  I'm looking to upgrade the system to a new up to date system. I'm thinking after much research that I will be using Mach 3 on my PC to control it, I downloaded the demo and I'm very impressed. Mach 3 does way more than I will probable ever use but it's nice that it's all there. I need to know what else I will need to complete the transformation, I have all the motors and such, they are fairly new and work well. I'm reading allot about motor drivers, boards, controllers etc, it all is new to me and I'm a little confused. I must have a motor driver or drivers now to run what I have, could these possibly still work with Mach 3? Thanks in advance for the help!