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General Mach Discussion / What is the best spindle encoder?

« on: December 18, 2009, 08:09:57 PM »

I am about to convert one of my lathes and one bridgeport mill to cnc and I was wondering what is the best spindle encoders for each,and the best breakout board for each also,or can they both use the same ones?

Any help would be great.

Thanks Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle encoder for cnc lathe conversion?

« on: December 17, 2009, 10:22:44 PM »

Hey Peter, Another question with that encoder what do you need for it to read on the spindle?
I think you mount it so that it reads something on the spindle.Is this correct?

Thanks Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle encoder for cnc lathe conversion?

« on: December 17, 2009, 10:05:49 PM »

Ok thanks again Peter!!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle encoder for cnc lathe conversion?

« on: December 17, 2009, 09:39:11 PM »

I am going to be using compumotor zeta 4 drives.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle encoder for cnc lathe conversion?

« on: December 17, 2009, 09:31:04 PM »

Thanks Peter,
Any suggestions on what type of breakout board to get and where I can purchess one?

Thanks Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle encoder for cnc lathe conversion?

« on: December 17, 2009, 09:20:16 PM »

Thanks Peter,
But what is input to a BOB mat be better mean?

Thanks Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Spindle encoder for cnc lathe conversion?

« on: December 17, 2009, 08:58:48 PM »

I am starting my lathe conversion and I need to know what I need to purchess for the spindle encoder to use with mach 3 software.
Also do I need any thing else with the encoder to like a eletrical board or does the encoder just go to the parallel port?

Any advice would reall be great!!!!

Thanks Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Xbox controller,x axis moves the wrong direction on my lathe!

« on: January 23, 2009, 09:17:38 PM »

Xbox controller,x axis moves the wrong direction on my lathe when using the xbox control, is there any way to reverse the x positive and negative when using the arrow keys on the control?

Thanks Mike

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Xbox 360 controller not working!

« on: August 26, 2008, 07:00:35 AM »

Thanks for all the help I finally got it to work!

Thanks Mike

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Key Grabber

« on: August 24, 2008, 09:56:16 PM »

Thanks Brett.