Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

suntravel wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:10 am At the moment, two independent spindle controls are not ready implemented.

But if you are ok with 2 spindles and 8 axis, Hickory will do the job with a future update.

Uwe

That would work for me for sure. Thanks

This is a 9 axis machine with 3 spindle controls.

Will not work with Hickory IMHO.

Uwe


This will not be a production machine where all 3 spindles will be run at the same time. Only the B axis and c1 or B and c2. The only time either c1 or c2 will be run as a spindle is with the bottom turret ...

Hello Keith or anyone that has info.

I’m wondering would this controller work with an Okuma Macturn 250W. It has a bottom lathe Turret and a B axis 12000 rpm spindle up top with dual c axis spindle.

I think you are going to have an uphill battle trying to do everything this machine was built to do, with a Centroid control. Centroid's software does not integrate mill operations and lathe operations in a single version; and the Centroid lathe software does not have very robust support for more ...

There’s the pics you ask for Marty.

I’ll get pics

It’s an Okuma Macturn

We’ve done some retrofits on a few of our machines in-house ourselves with Centroid controllers and are very pleased. We have a Okuma Macturn 2005 that has the Osp E100 control and it is horrendous to get support for and we’re honestly just fed up with dealing with Okumas dealers waiting and waiting ...

Hey Mr Marty I sent it to the exact address you suggested. I’ll try again tomorrow to call them. Thanks