Acorn #2 in a Cyclematic CT-1118 cnc lathe

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flyeribe
Posts: 14
Joined: Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:10 am
Acorn CNC Controller: Yes
Plasma CNC Controller: No
AcornSix CNC Controller: No
Allin1DC CNC Controller: No
Hickory CNC Controller: No
Oak CNC controller: No
CNC Control System Serial Number: none
DC3IOB: No
CNC12: Yes
CNC11: No
CPU10 or CPU7: No
Location: St. Isidore Ontario Canada

Acorn #2 in a Cyclematic CT-1118 cnc lathe

Post by flyeribe »

Well here goes nothing my first post of a completed acorn install on my second machine

The journey started by looking for a lathe to do my conversion and behold I found such a machine a Cyclematic CT-1118CNC fully functioning just had to bypass a step down transformer and find the single phase leg in order to get the system running, But as I found it's computer and the way you would load file file were very old and today try to find a computer with a 3 1/2 floppy so out with all of that stuff what remains is two contacters, VFD with braking resistor, two servo drives with motors and some cable trays a beautiful cabinet.

HPCompaq 8300 Elite Ultra SD PC,Intel i5 3470 3.2GHZ 8G RAM,128GB SSD Win10 wifi
Asus VT168H 15.6" 1366x768 HDMI VGA
CTI Electronics KIT3700 Series Rackmount Industrial Keyboard with Trackball
Yaskawa 616G5 VFD
Yaskawa SGDM-04ADA Drives
Yaskawa SGMAH-4AAA41 Servo motors

I still need to run intercon to see how would she run and do some other test but at least she made a pawn.
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Before take it home
Before take it home
After the upgrade all finish now
After the upgrade all finish now
Before upgrade to touch screen and new key board
Before upgrade to touch screen and new key board
Final product
Final product
Before
Before
Final assembly competed
Final assembly competed
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Pc and touch screen back view
Pc and touch screen back view
Do I qualify to be in the pawn group
Do I qualify to be in the pawn group
DICKEYBIRD
Posts: 536
Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2017 7:38 am
Acorn CNC Controller: Yes
Allin1DC CNC Controller: No
Oak CNC controller: No
CNC Control System Serial Number: n/a yet
DC3IOB: No
CNC11: No
CPU10 or CPU7: No
Location: Collierville, TN USA

Re: Acorn #2 in a Cyclematic CT-1118 cnc lathe

Post by DICKEYBIRD »

Wow! That is a serious machine you have there and what a a beautiful job you've done on it. Kudos to you sir!
Milton in Collierville, TN

"Accuracy is the sum total of your compensating mistakes."
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