Got an Ethernet SmoothStepper (ESS) the other day from Greg to test out. I messed about with it a bit at home and all seemed fine so today I had a chance to fit it to one of my machines. I decided on the lathe for two reasons, first is lathes will be in a minority of users and secondly I only had one wire to shift.
The reason I needed to shift a wire at all is that the ESS has port 3 similar to ports 1 and 2 and not like the USB SS with only 6 inputs (3 being differential which Iwill miss
) But the extra I/O of a full port I am sure will be welcomed by most.
Ok so got it set up in no time, all seemed to work fine on a dry run so decided to cut a part I have been doing recently, its a lid for an aluminium housing for use in the North Sea attached to mini subs.
It is 70mm OD and the thread is 60mm x 1.5 pitch and hole inside is 45mm ID 44mm deep.
Came out perfect so I was happy.
Will be testing a bit more in the next few days but not expecting any issues
Hood