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Thank you gents! I appreciate your input.

I'll do some more poking in the very near future.

Happy New Year!

Mark

Thank you Marty. I forgot to get a pic of the RPC. I'll get that tomorrow. It is a home shop, running on an American Rotary. My Wells Index is running on a seperate, smaller AR RPC (think it's 15HP). I posted my voltages but forgot to ask if they were in good range or if the 261 was too high. I've i...

A little history on the machine. I bought it about six years ago for $500. I knew that it had an X axis drive issue. I bought a used one on eBay and had it programmed by an outfit that I found online, I forget the name at the moment. I can find it if need be. I plugged the reprogrammed drive in and ...

I just finished bringing an old Wells Index CNC Mill with a Sharnoa controller back to life with the AllInOneDC controller with the incredible help from this discussion board. I posted this at the end of that thread to know where exactly to start my new thread. I brought all the initial comments her...

Those are Yaskawa Sigma I drives and motors. If they were in good working order, then they would be plug and play with an Oak board. If the servo drives are not running reliably, you might consider new Yaskawa servos in their place. 450W motors and 500W drives are not that expensive, and it is like...

Thank you Marty.

I saw that after I uploaded the pics and was looking at them a little closer. I am hoping to be able to reuse a lot of it as it was working until the drives started acting up.

Mark

Seeing pictures of the condition of the machine would help. Likely SEM DC brush servos, if they are in good condition then All in One DC would be my first choice. Does it have a turret or just a tool post? No turret, then new AC Servos and Acorn a possibility. Your budget might dictate your choices...

Wouldn't allow me to put all the pics in one post. The few remaining...

Thanks Marty!

I found these on my computer. Do they help at all or do you need more detail?

Mark

Now that this is up and running, I'd like to start considering options to bring a 1997 Bridgeport Romi lathe back to life. Before I started this adventure, I posed most of my initial questions to sales instead of here. While they were tremendously helpful, I learned that I should have started here. ...