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General Mach Discussion / Re: CNC lathe

« on: May 09, 2007, 05:58:25 PM »

Yes,  I will be at it as soon as I get it.  I installed a subpanel so there is plenty of power available, but it will have to be wired up..,.Then I will have to get familiar with it and see how it goes.  I have had the Mach3 program for a month and have written some sample programs, so it will be a matter of learning if they work as well in reality as they do on the computer screen.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CNC lathe

« on: May 09, 2007, 04:17:58 PM »

Dan, the lathe has arrived in town and will be delivered to my house tomorrow.  It will probably be a few days to
get it going and check it out.

Bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CNC lathe

« on: April 29, 2007, 11:03:40 AM »

 Hi dfurlano,  I know what you mean about being one of the first, but I have decided to do it and have one on order.  The lathes have arrived in LA and so hopefully I should get mine in a short time.  I talked to Richard Lowe at Sylamerica a number of times and have been very impressed with him.  He said the Chinese company that makes the lathe is very dedicated to put out a quality lathe.  He has run one and was impressed. I will keep you informed after I play with mine a little and let you know what I think about it.

Robert

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CNC lathe

« on: April 29, 2007, 01:17:12 AM »

Hi dfurlano,  take a look at http://syilamerica.com/.  They have a new benchtop lathe that looks very nice, at a very good price of $3499.

Roberto

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General Mach Discussion / PCMCIA Parallel Port card

« on: April 18, 2007, 11:59:05 AM »

I have a Dell 8600 laptop and want to use it running Mach3.  It doesn't have a parallel port, but I found a site that has a Quatech PCMCIA card that they claim will give a true parallel prot.  Does any one know if this will work running a controller??
Thanks

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

« on: April 16, 2007, 05:31:20 PM »

Hi, my name is Robert.  I am a retired physics prof.  I fly free flight model planes in competion and make many of the parts for myself and others.  I have a machine shop in my garage (manual) and am partners with a friend in a Lagunamatic CNC mill.  I have just ordered a benchtop CNC lathe from Syil America which needs a computer to run it.  I have a Dell 8600, but of course it does not have a parallel port. There is a site that has a Quatech Parallel PCMCIA card that they claim will give a true parallel port.  Does anyone know if this card will work or not.  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.