Looking for guidance

[Panovak]

Hi there again.
I've been away for a while. Last winter I had been working on building a mechmate from scratch. I had the base frame built and had begun getting the controls setup ( just desktop as Marty and others recommended). I had purchased DMM servos and an acorn controller.

Well I stumbled across an old multicam cnc pro up for auction near me. 8x12'. It's a beast for sure but so was mechmate.

https://bid.bid-2-buy.com/bid/56251?sec ... em=4316811

What I'm wondering is if at this point would it be easier to upgrade the controls on this machine with more modern controls.
Either way I am definitely biting off more than I can chew!

Thanks again for all your help.

[Richards]

If I were thinking of converting a large machine, I would make a list of all things that I wanted the Acorn to control. If the machine had servo motors, I would check whether the servos were compatible with the Acorn. If the machine had homing switches or sensors and limit switches or sensors, I could check their compatibility with the Acorn. I would do the same for vacuum hold down and dust collection.

I don't see any problem if you are willing to replace anything that is not compatible or build the proper interface to make everything compatible.