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by chessie
Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:57 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: lathe turret conversion help please
Replies: 7
Views: 2448

Re: lathe turret conversion help please

thanks
the turret couldn't be left standard as i dont have 415v 3ph supply for the motor( i was told it couldn't be run 22ov3ph im in the uk) and the encoder was damaged.
i cannot find the videos i took of it operating in mach3.

the stepper motor isn't energised as in pushing against the locking ...
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by chessie
Sun Jul 06, 2025 2:55 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: lathe turret conversion help please
Replies: 7
Views: 2448

Re: lathe turret conversion help please

changing the sensor to npn is not a problem i have a drawer full of them. i couldnt find anything on the denford site where someone is running centroid with the turret
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by chessie
Sun Jul 06, 2025 2:00 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: lathe turret conversion help please
Replies: 7
Views: 2448

lathe turret conversion help please

i need some help
i have a denford cyclone lathe. it was originally running on mach3. a few years ago i converted it to centroid acorn. it had a baruffaldi TOE80 8 tool turret but i didnt fit it i just put a dixon type tool post on it.

i would like to fit this on the lathe now if possible.
the ...
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by chessie
Tue May 07, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: nc files
Replies: 2
Views: 450

nc files

hi
i have cnc12 pro lathe and have just today updated to the latest version of the software today .

if i build a program to make a new part in cnc12 lathe can the files be stored in a different directory by default

i.e a file on the desktop with all the parts i make in it ?

if so how do i ...
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by chessie
Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:10 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: centroid servo
Replies: 2
Views: 1084

Re: centroid servo

thank you
any idea of what a fair price each should be around ?
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by chessie
Sun Mar 05, 2023 12:26 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: centroid servo
Replies: 2
Views: 1084

centroid servo

my apologies if this is a stupid question . I have 3 centroid(sem) servos as pictured . stripped from a machine for a project . I may just sell them now if there is a market but. as the motor says 260v and there are 3 phases . im in the uk so can I run this as a spindle using a 240v single to 3 ...
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by chessie
Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:59 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: arranging files cnc12
Replies: 5
Views: 1018

Re: arranging files cnc12

ok so just to make sure im on the same page , so all files have to go in the same file ie press load I then get one folder with every ncfile in it I then have to scroll down to find the one I want out of say 100 different parts . I can't have ncfiles/motorcycle/suzuki/rear axle ?

thanks
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by chessie
Sat Nov 05, 2022 3:47 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: arranging files cnc12
Replies: 5
Views: 1018

arranging files cnc12

hi
I have cnc12 lathe . I have quite a few parts that I have made, saved on it.

so I dont know what im doing wrong .
I turn on the machine cnc12 starts up , if I want to run a program .I hit load it goes to the nc files folder . I then have to look through them all to find the one I want .
I tried ...
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by chessie
Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:47 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: rpm on graph?
Replies: 4
Views: 1265

Re: rpm on graph?

suntravel wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:57 pm Update to 4.80 then you will have actual and programmed rpm displayed in the RTG.

Uwe
Thanks
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by chessie
Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:22 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: rpm on graph?
Replies: 4
Views: 1265

rpm on graph?

hi

I have a job running on my lathe cnc12 lathe pro ,and watch the program run after clicking the graph button .
is there a setting I can click so I get the rpm value on the graph screen ,I only see it on the g code screen

thanks
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