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Hi Marty and other guys can i ask you ,in one your video , you present some button pendant here is link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5KSTO8YWkE catch my ear you said that button pendant can be replace by similar from other companies or seller, my question is about this new wifi centriod pendant ...

Many people when converting a gear-head lathe will select a gear range in middle of the settings and leave it there permanently. They then use the Acorn's spindle output connected to a VFD to vary the motor speed and therefore the spindle RPM without having to worry about gear ranges. If you decide...

CNC12 has provisions for 3 speeds. You will need to add switches to the gear selector to notify CNC12 which gear you have selected, or you can use VCP buttons to manually tell CNC12 which gear range you are using. Marty suggests picking three gear ranges to preserve torque, and then using a variabl...

How many speeds does your gear box have? What horse power is the current motor? I would probably consider replacing the motor with a larger motor and use a sensorless vector VFD like the GS3 from Automationdirect.com or similar. CNC12 can accommodate 3 speeds as it is, so you could select three mos...

Roman, No, I cannot, do drawings of operator panels Here is my suggestion to, you. Start with a basic Acorn system. Use the Centroid provided schematics as a guide to build your control. If you do not have some basic Electrical or electronics knowledge, and/ or you might have trouble following sche...

Gary Campbell wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 12:10 pm I do not use the pendant for angular cutting, other than to use a macro button that does a 45* chamfer. I like that method better as it allows better control

Gary has you lathe spindle gearbox? or is connect directly with spindle i have emcomat 7

I do not use the pendant for angular cutting, other than to use a macro button that does a 45* chamfer. I like that method better as it allows better control Hi Gary thank you for reply i am absolutely out of eletronics skills so some of my question can sound silly i like this system and i thing is...

If you want to do things the most common way, go with Centroid. They have been doing CNC Machine motion control for well over 30 years. If you want to spend time experimenting, programming and fiddling microcontrollers (if that is your thing) contact the guy in the video for information. Your budge...

The pendant has all of those features and 10 times more. Buy one! Hi Gary could you please make short video how you can set up on pendant buttons you can drive manually in angel please i check up this pendant and looking very vell but i do not find how to set up to be possibile run in angel thank y...

Ether1616 is an IO Expansion module for Acorn. Wireless MPG is the way to go. You can run macros/g code with the programmable buttons. https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_diy/downloads/centroid_wireless_mpg.pdf You need to learn to use INTERCON, the conversational programming feature in CNC12. Dow...