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General Mach Discussion / Lathe with 2 Z-axis - Help!
« on: August 17, 2009, 07:06:31 PM »
Hi,
I want to retrofit my old lathe to work under Mach3, so I have some questions
The lathe is driven by hydraulic cylinders, two of them is controlled by stepper motors, but the last one has only two switches, to change directions of cylinder, - can I control them by adding an optical encoder, and haw to set them in Mach3?
- The lathe has a second Z axe (which I want to use for drilling and tapping) ATC with 5 positions - Haw I can control them?(optical encoder?!)
- The lathe has a gear with 4 speed changing by relays (electromagnetic gears) - Haw can Mach3 change speed?
- I have additional LPT(2),
Thanks,
I want to retrofit my old lathe to work under Mach3, so I have some questions
The lathe is driven by hydraulic cylinders, two of them is controlled by stepper motors, but the last one has only two switches, to change directions of cylinder, - can I control them by adding an optical encoder, and haw to set them in Mach3?
- The lathe has a second Z axe (which I want to use for drilling and tapping) ATC with 5 positions - Haw I can control them?(optical encoder?!)
- The lathe has a gear with 4 speed changing by relays (electromagnetic gears) - Haw can Mach3 change speed?
- I have additional LPT(2),
Thanks,