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I'm in the middle of acquiring parts for the 1st Acorn build, conversion to CNC of a G0752 lathe. On this build in particular and possibly in the future the net cable connecting the PC to the control box (at 15') is going to be much longer than desirable. I would like to source shorter cables, but b...

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+ one to that!

Thanks Marty..
I was looking to go small, the 15 is even smaller than the 19's I was looking at. Better yet

IS there a preferred screen resolution? I.E. 1920 x 1080 vs 1600 x 900? Sorry if I haven't seen this answer, I would like to go small as possible on my lathe build, but don't want to have to buy 2 monitors.

I am looking forward to seeing the VCP options and building a router system for Acorn! Thanks Guys!

Keith... I am surprised and very impressed that this is even being considered. The image below is a best guess of how I would fill the existing button space. More than most users would require, but would allow for a nice machine with a small ATC and auxiliary control. Very few machines would use all...

The more I use my Acorn system, the more I think it would be a good fit for a new line of control boxes for router table retrofit or upgrade. I have been doing these with UCCNC, ShopBot and WinCNC. WinCNC is a bit pricey for the non commercial DIY crowd, UCCNC is too much like Mach for my tastes and...

Doc... I have used a number (each) steppers, closed loop steppers,Clearpath and the DMM products in various sytems and hopefully can answer your questions. Do the closed-loop steppers have to be similarly "tuned"? No they do not. Can they be driven faster thanks to the closed loop, since t...

I would be interested in the info. I don't have a current project, but it sure would have made a previous project much simpler. It was a combo CNC wood lathe and a rotary 4th axis machine made for a custom lamp builder. I ended up using a 1200ozin stepper and a ClearPath MVMC servo for rotary cuttin...

Liviu...
Got it. Thanks for the excellent service.