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I installed Panasonic servos. If I was doing another, Id go servo again (lots of options). I dont think Ill ever do another stepper conversion again, the price point for cheap servos make them far better an option. I run a basic HY VFD for the spindle but about to try a proper spindle servo setup an...

Ive retrofitted a Bridgeport Interact Series 1 which I think is similar to the Boss version (from a few quick pics). Pretty straightforward.

Thanks for the answer... that is great to know.. I already let my father to do it but it is good to know that for the future. I have also found some EU retailer but even if there would be no custom charges their prices are just ridiculous. I saw one which is asking £450 for $299 acorn kit. So I wil...

Anyone knows a UK retailer for AcornCNC. If not will centroid post it to UK from their official page and if so anyone knows how much is custom charge? No UK disti and yes, they post. Ive ordered on a Sunday and have had goods arrive by Wednesday / Thursday (pre Covid times). There are some EU resel...

If you look at this - Appendix page 43 shows the setting I'm talking about (for Panasonic) but an example. In my case, I had this wrong and had the same problem, Servo would always run in a single direction only. https://industrial.panasonic.com/content/data/MT/PDF/minas_a_e.pdf Forgot I can attach ...

I've had a similar issue with Panasonic drives from Acorn. Ill need to look up what I did to fix it but its related to a parameter which looks at the step / direction 'sequencing'. Hard to explain without the image but if you think of an encoder setup, A B Z pulse, it expects the B after the A etc (...

Hi,

Have you taken a look at the various schematics from the website? They show a lot of examples on how to wire limits.

Pro license unlocks the MPG. And no, only this MPG works.

Ye, I had the same issue on my lathe - misalignment causes these cheap alu couplers to break - I broke 2 before I corrected my misalignment issue. I discovered mine as I was trying to thread and the Z axis movement was slowing down and speeding up as the encoder feedback was eratic.

Thanks both. Turns out that the motors have already been replaced with some servos but I did see some motors in one of the cabinets - not sure which of the 2 lathes they belong to. I dont think Ill stay with the DC motors - been there before with other machines so will be looking for modern AC servo...