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MACH3 RETROFIT TO A EMCO COMPACT 5
« on: May 22, 2012, 10:36:03 PM »
Hi All......... Jamie Here

I have a emco compact 5 running original software.
I would like to change it to mach3 software, my question is do I need to change any of the hardware in the emco compact5 lathe or will mach3 work with
The current hardware.

Thanks in Advance for any help with this question.
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Re: MACH3 RETROFIT TO A EMCO COMPACT 5
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2016, 05:34:35 PM »
I hate to bring up an old topic like this, but I have the Emco Compact 5 PC with WELturn retrofit, and it is working, but will the mentioned conversion work for my machine, or is it just for the stock Compact 5? Thanks
Re: MACH3 RETROFIT TO A EMCO COMPACT 5
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2016, 05:44:13 PM »
It's a conversion for a stock Compact 5PC
"It is well that war is so terrible -- lest we should grow too fond of it." Gen. R.E. Lee CSA

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Re: MACH3 RETROFIT TO A EMCO COMPACT 5
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2016, 12:39:00 AM »
Thanks. And no way I can use this machine that has welturn retrofit to make it use with Mach3? Besides getting all modern hardware - bob, drivers and stepper motors?
Re: MACH3 RETROFIT TO A EMCO COMPACT 5
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2016, 08:48:31 PM »
I'm not familiar with Welturn, but I have converted my compact 5 to run Mach3. Glad to exchange notes with you. I have the steppers working well, still trying to figure out spindle control at this point.
Re: MACH3 RETROFIT TO A EMCO COMPACT 5
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2016, 10:18:25 AM »
I wasnt active as I wanted to. In the meantime, I managed to run old Welturn version in LinuxCNC with Samco's help. It ran nicely, but a bit slow for my liking. I replaced all the electronics now, and it has modern steppers, running at 1.2m/min (could achieve more, but I would need to replace the power supply to 60V, over this speed steppers stall with 48V). I am thinking about replacing them also with hybrid steppers with encoders.
Re: MACH3 RETROFIT TO A EMCO COMPACT 5
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2017, 07:00:03 AM »
I am interested to know if anyone was able to Make the Welturn upgrade to the EMCO 5  lathe work with Mach3 or Mach4??????????