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hi im finally returning to my acorn lathe conversion after a 6 moth sebatical . i originally had 2 nc npn sensors wired to each other then connected to one input on the original board . i downloaded the schematic for acorn and it shows one sensor to input 1 one sensor to input 2 ... im easy on which...

hi so i have an m400 running cnc10 sd3 servo drive centroid servo motors rtk3 plc the vfd is 415v so that will be changed and more than likely the spindle motor i will have to find a transformer as the one here is 415v stepping down to 240,110,24v any recommendations welcome are switching power supp...

hi i have reposted this here to put it in the correct place as i will undoubtedly need some help in the future . i have the chance to buy a vmc that has stopped working giving errors . its a re badged 2006 mill seiki nc-454la i plan to do some alterations so that i can run it at home off a 240v supp...

thanks for the advice. because i don't have lots of room , the plan is to relocate the control cabinet . at first glance it looks like the coolant and spindle motor are the only things requiring 415v 3ph . If so ill have to make some mods to attach a suitable motor and drive . and a 24v psi . i woul...

the toolchanger is the maltese cross type . i can't see the actual spindle motor at the moment but the controller is rated 5.5 to 7.5kw. which i may have to change to a lower power. the plan is to just get it to work but from a 240v supply ive been told the motherboard has just been upgraded and rel...

hi

looks like the mill is a millseki nc-454la rebranded . i took pictures of the control and z servo motor

The building ,wiring, skills are not an issue ,knowledge of what are the best bits for the job etc are.. its currently 415v supply , the initial plan if possible would be to strip out the higher voltage stuff ,replace with 240v items if possible . as that is my garage supply. if the worst happens i ...

thanks its a big old lump for home use its a 2006 tryax mmc45 vmc

its dead and 3ph 415v so until i get a good look at it i don't know what components it already has or i might be able to keep.
i will take a notepad and try and come back with a list of parts

thanks

hi i am about to retro fit a mill with acorn but up to now i have only used stepper motors.can anyone advise on a servo brand at a reasonable cost for the home shop . also for x,y,z what sort of power rating ive seen 750w and 1kw etc Can i use a servo motor to drive the spindle? if so what sort of s...

please see link ...this is around 700 x 500 it will be 250 deep if i buy the one im thinking of .

any obvious placement issues just say.

not sure wether the 2 vfd will cause issues in the box or need to be external

https://photos.app.goo.gl/p7xXAtHB4Sw66qe57

thanks