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

« on: May 23, 2012, 12:08:21 AM »

Ok so it seems Ebay has answered my question. I found one for sale with a very similar part #. I have a resolver.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUMMIT-DANA-216-330-33-4050D-2-DC-SERVO-MOTOR-1430RPM-/370367757128?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563ba37b48

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

« on: May 22, 2012, 10:06:00 PM »

I have no idea if they have encoders or resolvers. Would a pic help? My brother has some basic C progamming knowledge so I should be ok with that. Is it a one time deal for setup and then it's good to go?

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

« on: May 21, 2012, 08:06:16 PM »

So do I also need the Kmotion BOB? Also which cables do I use? My servo motor shaft is .625 and I plan on mounting 4 or 5 encoders with shielded cat 5 is that sufficient or do I need a thicker gauge? X Y Z 4th axis and the spindle.

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

« on: May 21, 2012, 03:10:51 PM »

I think I want to go with Kflop with Kanalog to have the rigid tapping capability. I noticed there is a mach3 plugin for it when I did a google search.

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

« on: May 21, 2012, 12:12:50 PM »

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

« on: May 20, 2012, 08:46:39 PM »

I am not sure about the bandit control but the tool changer has a AUTO LOCK and MANUAL toggle switch so I'm guessing it can be controlled with Mach. The manual is taking a long time to scan in as it has a lot of pages. Is there anything specific I should post here? I can put the cover and the index and let me know what section to upload.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: May 20, 2012, 08:43:28 PM »

Hello. New to the forum... I have a few Omniturns and I finally bought a mill that needs converting. Need some major guidance and I plan on doing a full write up as I go along. That way if I screw up some1 can let me know. Never used mach but I like what I've seen so far.

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

« on: May 20, 2012, 03:41:12 PM »

I don't have a PDF but I can scan it and get it on here. I have personally never used Mach but  I saw the video with the DIY edgefinder and tool locator has me sold.

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

« on: May 20, 2012, 12:54:48 PM »

Hood the 4th axis has a 1.5hp DC Servo motor. Still trying to figure out the signal.

The manual says positioning of the platter is accOmplished through a specially ground heat treated self locking worm and worm gear set. The worm is connected to a 1.5 HP DC servo motor through a 1.5:1 ratio timing belt

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

« on: May 20, 2012, 12:27:43 PM »

http://www.rotaryeng.net/Nc-Mill-How-To.html

I really like this guys setup. He is running ECM2
Is there any reason I can't copy his and run Mach?