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Now onto the X/Y Joystick and one of two MPG connectors. I want to place my MPG either here or on the side of the console, so I wired in two connectors depending on if I'm more manual cutting or automated cutting - per the design philosophy of this machine. 2017-07-21 16.39.00.jpg I don't have a lat...

The backplane with the parts wired up on it. I may have went overboard on the power conditioning accessories for the VFD - oh well - shouldn't hurt. 2017-06-24 17.57.37.jpg Also had to rebuild the lube pump - the little magnets on the float were in wrong so the lube alarm wasn't triggering correctly...

I wanted to stay with the original design and much as practical so kept the head controls relevant to manual milling/drilling - I setup a e-Stop, Spindle Start, Spindle Stop, Brake Auto/On, and a Spindle speed controls all in the original holes and was able to keep the original face plate wording. A...

I cleaned up the QC30 Spindle Nut - but had a heck of a time trying to figure out which way the little pin goes back - so had to try different variations until it felt right - ie. easy to tighten but resistance to come undone - BTW if someone actually knows a little advice here would be great! 2017-...

Lots of scrubbing! - reminds me of my days as an apprentice building aircraft engines - starting out in the gunk tank room 2017-03-28 15.55.57.jpg But now starting to come back together - new Bijur metering valves out, lube tubing, etc. to bring it up. 2017-03-28 18.21.32.jpg After cleaning up the h...

Oops! broke a pulley that I needed - ended up having to order a new one from ebay

I wanted to keep the patina where it I could so rather than repaining everything I cleaned it up with solvent and a 3M scrubby, then used automotive cut-wax to bring the shine back out. 2015-03-14 20.50.59.jpg Parts everywhere! 2015-03-18 19.36.31.jpg Cleaned up the way covers, getting them ready fo...

Well it's time I figured I should start documenting the conversion. I picked up the mill about 4 years ago, thought to have a go with LinuxCNC, but decided somewhere along the way I wanted something a little more turn-key - so after searching around landed on the AjaxCNC/Centroid approach. I picked ...

Awesome! - thanks for the clarification!

Jay

Yeah - the pages numbers were confusing. I was using the pages numbers from the PDF Reader, rather than the doc directly.
Here's the screen shots