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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: June 03, 2012, 09:14:51 PM »

So I traced the power wires from my Spindle motor to a panel in the back of the machine. There r 3 red wires with a fuses coming into the box and 3 black wires right next to them going up to the motor. There is also a larger grey shielding with multiple wires going into the 1st panel where the main power switch is. U can see the 3 black wires at the very bottom of the pic

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: June 03, 2012, 12:26:04 PM »

Thank u Hood

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: June 03, 2012, 12:13:11 AM »

Also on page 4-9 what does ARM + ARM- mean?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: June 02, 2012, 11:58:00 PM »

Ok So I'm reading the contraves-drives pdf and I was wondering what does signal mean?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: June 01, 2012, 07:04:31 PM »

Ok so for the spindle motor I have the encoder figured out but the x and y have me stumped any ideas? They r directly mounted W/ a coupler and a keyway.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: May 31, 2012, 01:44:40 PM »

So I've seen alot of people with this going on. Is it possible for me to do this as well with my setup? Is that the style of encoder I would want to buy? I saw the webpage for these encoders b4 but I lost it. When I was browsing I noticed they have multiple size bushings you can use for different shafts.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221010370287?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649&afsrc=1#ht_562wt_1139

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: May 31, 2012, 12:00:04 PM »

Yea I'm going at it with my brothers help as he knows a lot more about the computer side of things and electronics. I'm not in a big rush and we might even wind up buying a Fadal b4 this project is done but that's just wishful thinking.

Ok so I need to figure out wiring, chase down the power issue, and figure out why my spindle motor doesn't kick on.

On a side note the QuickDraw Tool changer tool carousel works perfectly. I haven't hooked up air pressure to it because I don't know how much it requires and I don't want to over pressure it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: May 31, 2012, 12:13:29 AM »

OK well I have quit a bit of stuff now where do I start? I have been reading a bit of the manual for my NC400's. I power up the panel and I'm not getting any power to them. Do they require the bandit to be on as well?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: May 30, 2012, 09:35:29 PM »

Ok so Mach3 is installed Kmotion is installed. My comp recognized the board after a massive brain fart. Everything looks good now where do I go from here? Should I unhook all of the wires from the bandit control (I'll label them just in case) remove it and attempt to wire it into my KFlop/KAnalog?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Kasuga NC mill to CNC ?'s

« on: May 30, 2012, 05:37:20 PM »

I have my power from the wall 110 to a distribution block that goes to a power converter and makes 24V then the other wires go to a transformer or something power goes in and no power comes out of it.