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Great machine and love the pocketing on the gantry. Just started a CNC plasma build myself. Was originally going to use some left over Linuxcnc parts I had kicking around from when I decided on going with acorns on my machines. I was concerned with the THC but if you are getting good results without...

Nice job! Converting a PM25 myself currently.

Jason

the PHB04B is XHc's latest model, Xhc is planing on an ebay action for this unit soon. and we might stock a few as well. here it is on aliexpress. https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/High-quality-wireless-usb-cnc-remote-control-cnc-pendant-support-6-axis-coordinate-LCD-display/1711051_32408937...

On pins and needles...need to get an encoder or two and would love to get them at this price!

Jason

Mill and lathe are in separate directories so just install and select the shortcut you want if only running 1 mill and 1 lathe. Just move the ethernet cable between the 2 acorns. For multiple mills I wrote a couple of batch files, the format is pretty easy to follow. 1. Copy both mill1.bat and mill...

I purchased one of the Lenovo Tiny Pc's recommended on the forum to run my first acorn mill. I have since purchased 2 more acorns...one for another little mill and another for a mini lathe. I eventually want to have pc's for each machine but in the meantime can I bounce between the machines with the...

I purchased one of the Lenovo Tiny Pc's recommended elsewhere on the forum. It's a nice size and decent price off eBay.

Jason

Updated profile.

Jason

Yes, power the ACORN board with the supplied 24VDC power supply. The Step, Direction and Enable terminals of the ACORN board are open collector and pull down to common to send signals. So you connect the +5VDC from your power supply to the drives PUL+ and DIR+ terminals and the 5V Common (GND) from...

Neat stuff you have there! You folks that are looking for enclosures; you cannot beat a Hoffman! They show up used on ebay & sometimes already have DIN rails with terminal blocks, fuse blocks, contactors, etc. It's so nice to use the "real-deal" stuff. :) Will check them out.....thanks.