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General Mach Discussion / Retro fitting a old cnc lathe?
« on: March 08, 2007, 12:10:24 AM »
Hi,
I know this is a post that probably been answered before. I looked through some of the previous messages but I’m hoping someone knowledgeable can help with some of my questions.
We have an older mori seiki slant lathe (early 80s) that was given to us after a board failed in the controller. We were told it would cost at least $1,000 to have the board replaced and by the time we have a service tech help out we would have a chunk of money stuck in a older machine with a controller that isn’t very user friendly.
I’m assuming all of the servo and spindle drives are functioning.
So I’m wondering is it possible to connect mach 3 to this machine??
If so what would be involved and where are the difficulties?
It is a nice little machine with a 8 station turret and I wouldn’t mind see it up an d running.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Dan
I know this is a post that probably been answered before. I looked through some of the previous messages but I’m hoping someone knowledgeable can help with some of my questions.
We have an older mori seiki slant lathe (early 80s) that was given to us after a board failed in the controller. We were told it would cost at least $1,000 to have the board replaced and by the time we have a service tech help out we would have a chunk of money stuck in a older machine with a controller that isn’t very user friendly.
I’m assuming all of the servo and spindle drives are functioning.
So I’m wondering is it possible to connect mach 3 to this machine??
If so what would be involved and where are the difficulties?
It is a nice little machine with a 8 station turret and I wouldn’t mind see it up an d running.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Dan