Well Iv'e been in and out of the shop lately, but I got the parts from CNC4PC and have started working on mounting boards and drives. It's hard to figure out how to cram all the crap in the original space. I'm starting to think about redoing the control cabinet. The OEM cabinet is in good condition, but it will be really packed when every thing is in it and it takes up floor space. If I mount a panel an the back of the lathe I could put all the power supplies and such back there. Then put all the other stuff in another panel and mount it on a arm that would swing out for ease of use and back out of the way when not. All good ideas, but I wasn't planing on putting that kind of time into this machine.
Also, I have been working on some of the basic wiring and have found the RJ45 connectors to be really annoying. I only went that way because the drives I planed to use had them for the Step/dir. and encoder input. Now I'm thinking of going with the C23 board instead. It probably wouldn't be so annoying to me if I wasn't so use to industrial wiring. I keep trying to do things the way I normally would and then go, oh ya that thing.
I will try to update with some pictures latter today or on Sat. as well as the pictures of the CMM that I keep forgetting to post.
The CMM specs.
Machine overall size: 120"w x 78"d x 132" t
Capacity: X=97" Y=48" Z=60"
Wait until you see the ceiling in the room. I'm sure you will get a laugh out of it. Picts. soon.