So I have a fault that's letting out the magic smoke in the electronics cabinet and the likely part seems to be marked in the drawings as "mains filter" and looking at it its leaked something so needs replacing. I cant find this part does anyone have any ideas for a suitable replacement and is it li...

Added another program today. As the X,Z datum info is in the PC rather than the lathe I was getting fed up having to re datum X every time I go back and forth.... Since this is the center line of the lathe and never changes this was a frustration so I have created a park routine that I run when swit...

so machine DOS software has me thinking there should be a newer version than the one I have. looking at the Denford site page for vintage software the one I am using is : StarTurn very old DOS software (prior to big perspex guard type) now this description suggests that there is a different version ...

oh and for reference the ATC teardown thread is this one : https://www.denfordata.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=5333 however I do have one slight correction. he says you don't need to remove the heatsink to remove the motor and gearbox..... you do its held with 2 small grub screws in the solid band at 12 O...

and we have chips! I have created my first 2 programs. first one is to take a face cut to clean the face and the second is to true the diameter of the bar. Lesson from this is I need to use the second one to obtain my X datum as my best manual setting only got me close but having run this trueing pr...

Didnt go too far into the tool changer but enough to clean out the swarf and regrease it so it runs a lot better

Fairly sure mine is the older single type and there is a great stripdown guide on here. Unless anything unusual comes from it i only plan on pulling the drive motor and tool holding block to gain access to clean and regrease. I dont plan on a full stripdown but you know what they say about plans las...

So next on my list is although i have some delrin rod to play with i want to clean and regrease the spindle and ATC as i doubt they have seen any fresh grease in at least a decade and any thats in is by now at best dried out and crusty. While i wanted to test everything worked a thorough service mak...

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Thats good info 👍 So from a hobby side i can possibly reduce it to VR turn and VR mill and use fusion for the CAM side of things.... For now i will play with DOS on the lathe and if i find a Triac depending on where it is in the software side decide where to go with the lathe from there. No rush as ...

Just to add another wrinkle.... I will be looking to add a mill at some point ideally a Triac if i can find one at a price i can afford. I have a feeling that this may rule out going the route of Denford software as while i can justify one licence if i am reading correctly i would need several to do...

so next steps... I would really like to find a more modern control card that would open up the Denford windows CAM software. if anyone knows which boards would potentially work that would be a huge help but I don't expect to find one anytime soon. hopefully one may turn up on ebay from someone strip...

success! tip: when using good practice and engaging E-stops when not in use - remember to reactivate the E-stops before testing software connection :roll: :idea: so what do I now know?... its not that difficult in retrospect. DOSBox seems to be working fine in Win10 (will see if anything strange hap...

O.K. I am a plonker! having corrected the serial port problem I hooked up again and while nothing moved i could hear a relay trigger when I used spacebar to start the spindle..... figuring comms couldn't be that much of a problem I look down and notice I have bumped the emergency stop. old Starturn ...

small step forward... the serial setup copied from one page I found was slightly wrong. now I have the serial port in DOSBox setup at least with a chance of working, Starturn loads the machine control page so that's progress still no machine connection but on attempting to run Easiturn offline.com I...

Thank you Martin. I have posted a separate thread in software as I am struggling to get a new PC to connect. I hope someone can point me in the right direction as although I have a working PC I really don't want to mess with it and risk breaking what's already working. unfortunately replicating it o...

could someone out there using the old DOS software help me? I have a Starturn 8 with a fully working DOS PC which is the good bit... am now trying to setup a latop as the main PC to use with this machine and the DOS software has me scratching my head trying to remember how things work..... or in my ...

Is the DOS CAM Designer software available?

I was hoping all the old DOS legacy software was available but not seeing it.

I suspect i may have it on the 5 1/4" discs i have but no way to read it

have to just give credit to Denford for a great layout and machine design.

dropping out the electronics was a simple and easy task. the machine was designed by an engineer that's for sure.

far more used to the norm where you open up a machine and still struggle to get to anything you need.

old Denford electronics