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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 / Re: Anybody using Mach on an Okuma Lathe?
« on: June 18, 2008, 08:41:39 PM »
Hood,

Did you manage to get your lathe running smoothly on Mach? Was it similar in motor type, if so, how did you deal with converting to step and direction?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anybody using Mach on an Okuma Lathe?
« on: June 17, 2008, 09:27:39 PM »
LOL, with how much this beast weighs, it's almost worth it's value in scrap these days ??? It's worth way more than that to me though, of course.

Thanks, I think it will be a great addition to my shop, can't wait to get it running. I appreciate you being willing to help out!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anybody using Mach on an Okuma Lathe?
« on: June 17, 2008, 08:51:20 PM »
Here are a few more pics...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anybody using Mach on an Okuma Lathe?
« on: June 17, 2008, 08:49:32 PM »
Brett and Hood, I have no idea. I ran into this problem with my older Bridgeport as well, Kcrouch and I have been working on it to get it figured out... we're close, well, Kenny's close ;D  He's been a huge help!! I was afraid it wouldn't be easy, then again if it were, everybody would be doing it.

Anyway, here are a few pics

Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anybody using Mach on an Okuma Lathe?
« on: June 17, 2008, 08:39:35 AM »
Hey Brett, it has an OSP5000 control, apparently there is an intermittent problem with the control booting up. It's an older machine and control with a tape reader, mechanicals are in very nice shape with Fanuc servos. The Okuma guys seem to think the control is a good one and there is a device that takes place of the tape reader and accepts input from a pc. I'm interested if anybody has done a retro to Mach and how easy or difficult it is, if there ends up being a good reason to replace the control, Mach may be a good replacement.

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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Sounds great Kenny, I will email you.

Scott

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I feel like it's Christmas in April, sweet moses that's good news ;D Thanks Kenny, I will check it out

Scott

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Does anybody know if Mach 2 outputs PWM? I spoke with John from Pico Systems and he says his board is not compatible with Mach3. He says it designed to work with EMC2, run by Linux. I also read somewhere that Mach2 was based off of EMC, any thoughts?

Scott

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