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by francoCNC
Sun Nov 28, 2021 2:46 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Displayed Spindle Speed is Incorrect
Replies: 36
Views: 7944

Re: Displayed Spindle Speed is Incorrect

Hi. I'm not an electrical engineer and I can relate to the challenges the "every man" has when trying to do spindle control on these DIY mills. When you boil it all down, you are replacing the manual potentiometer with a "digital" version. Manual potentiometers have three termina...
by francoCNC
Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:55 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: New Acorn Motor Drive Schematics added to the collection..
Replies: 14
Views: 5553

Re: New Acorn Motor Drive Schematics added to the collection..

Awesome! I hope this helps people with their Acorn CNC conversion projects. The Stepperonline folks seem like decent people and the drives, motors and power supplies that I've purchased from them come across as a quality product.
by francoCNC
Fri Sep 27, 2019 2:02 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Spindle Control for Mini Lathe
Replies: 8
Views: 3441

Re: Spindle Control for Mini Lathe

Hi. It can be done. Here is a video that may give you a few ideas: https://youtu.be/fs44aTeAkhk Here is another video that you may find interesting: https://youtu.be/xIQZ8dCUcwg Long story short, the DC motor controller in the Asian mini lathes and mills does something strange with the ground. I've ...
by francoCNC
Sun Jan 27, 2019 6:21 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: WIFI Signal Booster
Replies: 3
Views: 1751

WIFI Signal Booster

I had a problem with Wifi signal in my garage. Turns out you can buy signal boosters. Here is the one I purchased from Target for $29. It seems to work just fine and now I can run Team Viewer over the WiFi in my garage. https://www.tp-link.com/us/products/details/cat-5508_TL-WA860RE.html The booster...
by francoCNC
Sat Dec 22, 2018 10:01 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Fusion 360 mill/turn and turn post processor non-existent! (use Intercon)
Replies: 44
Views: 15154

Re: Fusion 360 mill/turn and turn post processor non-existent! (use Intercon)

You guys are awesome! I think you may have found a bug that lives in all Fusion 360 turning posts. I've started a thread on the Fusion360 forum. I'm sure they will figure something out in short order. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-computer-aided/turning-high-feedrate-mode-not-outputting-...
by francoCNC
Sun Feb 18, 2018 2:25 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Spindle Speed Encoder
Replies: 16
Views: 8117

Re: Spindle Speed Encoder

Hi. I'm not totally in the know with all of your hardware, but I can tell you that a $25 OMRON encoder works awesome with the Centroid acorn. Extremely accurate spindle feedback for tapping and threading.

https://youtu.be/CKylcAPv1Tc
by francoCNC
Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:40 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: encoder suitability
Replies: 59
Views: 20189

Re: encoder suitability

Hey Guys - I'm getting closer to having that Mini-Lathe encoder mounting kit ready.

https://youtu.be/60GgctDS79E