Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

Marty I called John and he was able to get me a terminal block. I also ordered a small vfd from him. Very nice guy to deal with, I'm glad you recommended him. Thank you.

I believe the toolchanger on my lathe is a CNCMakers LD4B-CK0625. The motor is 3 phase 50hz. I have a manual(attached) with the wiring info and I've downloaded the Acorn_v4.60_ATC_programs file. Unfortunately thats about as far as I'm able to get. I have a few questions that might help me to get hea...

OK I got it. After typing the above post I found the settings for the outputs. All good now. Time to start cleaning up the wiring

Loaded the software update, but now the spindle will not start. When I input various speeds M3 S500, M3 S1000 the frequency readout changes accordingly, but no spindle movement. Could it be due to the newer boards using the breakout board? My early setup did not come with one. Machine jogs the Z &am...

Finally making good progress on my Lathe. I've got the Z & X axis working & calibrated and the Spindle encoder is working. I'm having a problem getting the spindle speed correct. If I input M3 S1000 the readout is 646rpm (voltage 5.36). If I input M3 S2000 the rpm is 1221 (voltage 10.25) bot...

Wow, when I mentioned Marty needing patience I didn't think it would take me this long. I've got a Fadal VMC and side jobs have been keeping me real busy. So I finally got the motors & encoder mounted. Now it's time to get the controller stuff together, that's going to be more difficult for me. ...

So I get that a 2000 Line Encoder (8000ppr) is best for accuracy for the X & Y axis, but is this level still needed for the spindle revolutions?

J. Clear

Keith, got the Pro license loaded up no problem. Sorry about the email issues. Yours wasn't the only one I had problems with, that's why I signed up here with a different one. John, we just emailed you the Lathe pro license. email is from diysales@centroidcnc.com if you don't see it in your inbox ch...

Keith report file attached. I'm looking forward to v4.12, anything that makes this easier for me. No hurry though I won't be ready too soon. Is there is any documentation or pics available of how these lathes were setup originally? I'm in the process of figuring how the motors were mounted and that ...

Keith thanks for moving this to the right place. Would you be able to help me with these questions? I ordered the all-in-one Touch Screen PC and the CNCPCpro version for the lathe but I'm not sure that I've received that version yet. I've read about receiving an email with the proper .dat file. One ...