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Thanks Marty. I am not after super fast speeds pushing the machine to its limits in any shape or form. Why? the machine is in my garage and below is my master bedroom lol lol. The original motors are DC servo magnetek motors of 1\3HP what that amounts to in reality with todays modern AC Servo motors...

So Marty, am I correct in assuming that in reality if I opt to go for new AC Brushless motors of 750w and matching servo drives with an acorn or oak control board that is sufficient to run the mill as a closed loop system and I have no needs for the glass scales? In other words the servo drives posi...

Thank you Keith, very much appreciated

Hi everyone. I have joined this group to get some help \ advice. I currently own a PROTOTRAK 2000 knee type milling machine which is 22 years old but the true reality is that it has only done about 6 months worth of work in those years so is practically new. It is fitted out with a MX3 control by So...