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Made a little progress this week.

I have the auto homing working. I ordered a new encoder for the spindle along with the cord. Got that all going today and checked out with a rpm gauge. It's getting closer to completion!

Makin Chips ! Or should I say Flyin Swarf??

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Here is a quick video just showing it doing a dry run. Lots do do yet

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Marty, I will post a video. I wanted to get it all done first. I didn't get much time last week to even touch it so not much progress other than getting a cutter setup and cutting a couple test pieces. I wired the proximity switches today per the "ACORN_rev4, Limit/Home NPN Proximity Sensors&qu...

LOL :lol: Yes, that's a lot of crap packed in there. I tried that but could not see anything. There is just no easy way to pull it out. The sad part is that I already had that hole back board out and completely disassembled so I could see how everything was wired :o . 20190410_140524201_iOS.jpg It s...

Marty, I just watched your youtube video on the KB120. The one in this lathe is an older unit. It has the 0-10 input. It does have a board on the back but I can't see a number on it and it doesn't look like the SI-5 board but may just be an older version. I'll post some pictures below. I can't hardl...

Marty, I need to pull it apart to see. It has a 110v transformer on it (maybe for a lock pin solenoid), a stepper motor, and a encoder on the back of the shaft that the turret rotates on. I believe that's it for electronics to run it. The motor on it is a small stepper. I just got the X axis motor s...

Here are some pictures so far. No fancy paint job, just refit the electronics and and use :) The Spindle Motor is DC and the spindle drive is a KB-120. I'm not sure if the spindle drive is original but that's what it had so I just went with it for now. Here is where I'm at. Working on the X Bracket ...

Clay, Pin 8 is an alarm output and that's what the Centroid wiring diagram said to hook up to input 5. I have to do a little more research on that to see why it was stopping me from getting any output as Centroid did not show any fault. It would still run through a test program but the spindle would...

Pin 8 is an alarm output and that's what the Centroid wiring diagram said to hook up to input 5. I have to do a little more research on that to see why it was stopping my from getting any output as Centroid did not show any fault. It would still run through a test program but the spindle would not c...