Hardinge AHC Accuslide Acorn Conversion

[ecdez]

I recently picked up a Hardinge AHC that's been fitted with an Accuslide. The parameters were lost when the batteries died, the spindle encoder is bad and the VFD is DOA. Good candidate for a retrofit .

These pictures are at the shop where I got it. My quarters are too cramped to get a good full on shot. Some parts have already showed up so hopefully progress will be quick.

[roundel325]

Good project! I'm wrapping up a Hardinge Accuslide conversion and I'm very pleased with how it's turning out.

[martyscncgarage]

Keep us posted on your progress!
Sell the old control parts on ebay to help offset your costs.

[slodat]

I have an Accuslide lathe I'm converting to Acorn with DMM servos.

[ecdez]

Thanks guys, good to know I'm not alone with this project

I plan to list the unused items. A few bucks never hurts.

Got the acorn up and ran through the initial setup. Also the motors/drives and did the initial tune on them also.

[ecdez]

I got the computer mount moved back to give me a little more room to move.
Box cleaned out.
New face plate made and mounted. There will be another over this one for the monitor. I plan to mount the drives to the back of this plate.

[martyscncgarage]

Looking good so far. Thanks for the build pictures!

[ecdez]

Thanks

A little more progress.

Drives mounted
Monitor mounted to faceplate and then mounted to the box
Made a small bracket to hold the NUK and USB ports - trying not to penetrate the outer shell if I can avoid it.

[martyscncgarage]

Consider a USB bulkhead connector for your cabinet so you have external access to the USB ports.
Can be found on Amazon

[ecdez]

I actually have one that I never installed on my Hurco. Its a cheapie ebay item but I actually like this one from DigiKey a little better.






https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... 0gEALw_wcB