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yes you can set the machine up to do just that. there are several ways to "home" the machine each time you power up so it will remember your part x,y,z zero position (and all the other WCS positions you have setup ) as you could imagine this is a real time saver. automatic homing is availa...

there are several ways to handle the limited z travel of a typical knee mill. one basic way is to create a part program to do all the machining with the knee at one Z position. and then drop the knee, reset just the Z part zero (wcs) and then perform all the drilling operations at that new z height ...

yep, you can do it and it has been done. i'll have to dig around to find notes on it. maybe marc or scott could comment.
others have installed encoders on the spindle as well. not only to gain accurate rpm feedback but also for rigid tapping capabilities

if you have a dc3io , centroid offers the MPU11 Legacy Add upgrade path. here is a visual diagram with prices showing the basic connections. this allows you to run a modern PC with windows without having to change any wires in the electrical cabinet. the mpu11 eliminates your cnc10 card that plugs i...

your system would be a good candidate for an upgrade. many of the good cnc components can be reused. centroid has several nice upgrade paths depending on the system configuration and supports most of its older components in combination with the new software and hardware. send photos of the electrica...

that message is saying that the cnc software can not find the CNC control card that is plugged into the mother board.
so carefully removing and reseating the CNC10 card from the PCI slot in the motherboard would be the first thing i'd try. with the power off of course.

oh.. that spindle is just a 3.5 hp Milwaukee industrial router motor..a stop gap until i can afford a better spindle.. works for now.. cuts aluminum no problem.

I thought some of you might like to see some photos of my home built CNC router. I built this system around a Centroid Allin1DC CNC control board. It is a 3 axis X,Y,Z machine with a moving Gantry that has two servo motors and two ballscrews on the Gantry axis (Y axis) so it is driven on both sides ...

yes..when the CNC PC motherboard shuts down or reboots the control goes into e stop condition. best to buy the ajax recommended mother board, cpu, ram and SSD gigabyte motherboard, with Samsung or Intel SSD, cpu with single core benchmark of at least a 1000 http://www.ajaxcnc.com/cnc-pc-minimum-hard...

make sure the signal wires to the sensor are shielded with a drain to earth ground.