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I had a quick look at this, thanks Keith, I will review it in more detail today. It will be good to understand what's happening.

Thanks Phillip, Here's what I did: In the past, I had setup tool 11 (12mm boring bar) in the tool table, with X and Z offsets based on the offset from tool 1 (If I move the boring bar in or out of the tool holder, I change the Z offset, after selecting tool 11). I used the mdi to specify T11 (the di...

Here is the system report that I always forget to post

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, but I seem to have trouble on the lathe mainly when I'm boring a piece of stock. Here is the procedure that I follow: 1/ Select T1111 in CNC12 Set Z 0 to the Z surface of the item to be bored 2/ Take a trial cut of the job, using the MPG and the boring bar that I i...

Hi Cncsw the 24v line I was referring to is the one mentioned in the manual "(if your cnc controller need 24v as home input signal , then please connect brown to 24v and blue to home input signal)" I probably wasn't calling it by the right name. What I meant was the 24v home signal input t...

I just connected my the brown and blue wires to each probe on a multi-meter that had a continuity beeper, but the switch never closed. So no beeps.
Does it only work when it is in circuit?

Thanks cncsnw
I was wondering what the 24v line was for - unused in this case.
Cheers
David

So, what I was asking in the previous post, was how to connect the index switch to the Acorn

Now for the Rotary Axis: The Rotary Axis was supplied by Tomatech in China, I don't know if they make it, or not, but they're happy to supply and support it, so that's all I really need. http://www.tomatech-cnc.com/ rotary axis-1.jpg Servo Drive Adtech for rotary axis.jpg The Rotary Axis is unbrande...

Here is a current backup report