Minimill Running Acorn Control Board and Software with Teknic Clearpath servos

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AMHKnives
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Minimill Running Acorn Control Board and Software with Teknic Clearpath servos

Post by AMHKnives »

Ive had the pleasure of beta testing the new acorn control board and software for my hybrid mini mill conversion running Teknic servos, linear rails, renishaw probe and tool setter, and 3hp water cooled spindle. I had previously tried to use a control board from cnc4pc and from csmio/ip-s board and was unable to run the servos and tool setter with those board and mach 3 software. Once i received the control board and software i had the mill up and running in 1 day of wiring and have been running strong sense. I have uploaded a few youtube videos showing the control board and software and also some setup videos on csr, probe setup, rpi and backlash setup using the acorn board and software.

https://youtu.be/rbCtE1yv4cE

https://youtu.be/4nVc3MB9dsY

https://youtu.be/ufgVcIZcqlM

https://youtu.be/0gS4pviFcVA

https://youtu.be/R33C3uJ6tm4

By far this control board and software is light years ahead of anything out there and is a much more robust and easy to setup and use software than mach3 or mach4.
Thanks
Alan
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Re: Minimill Running Acorn Control Board and Software

Post by cnckeith »

thanks for making and posting the videos.
Here is a link to a photo album of Alan's machine and product as well.
https://goo.gl/photos/ky2Wd1Y29P7Svu2y7
alan.JPG
Need support? READ THIS POST first. http://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1043
All Acorn Documentation is located here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397
Answers to common questions: viewforum.php?f=63
and here viewforum.php?f=61
Gear we use but don't sell. https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... _gear.html
Reedfirst
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Re: Minimill Running Acorn Control Board and Software

Post by Reedfirst »

That's very impressive!

Nice work on that great machine!
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