Finally I tidied up my drawings for the Myford tailstock adaptor to fit a Mirac PC. Attached are drawing files and photographs. You may notice that I fitted some captive brass shims where the tailstock sits on the adaptor this was to finally achieve correct centre alignment. Without this the machini...

Hi if you are still looking see here: Ebay 230371303385

Hi all you may be interested in my Mirac PC related items listed on Ebay as at 28 August 2009.
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Hi,
Is this still an active requirement?
I have made an adaptor that fits a Myford 7 series tailstock to a Mirac PC bed.
I can supply a drawing and photograph if you still need something.

Paragon, Following your lead I’ve taken a look at the CNC2 documentation and downloaded the files to make a live CD that I’ll explore later. From a quick overview It looks good. I have a few questions. 1. Will this system run entirely under run-time linux on a Windows XP PC, or do I ultimately need ...

Hi paragon, If your Starturn control software is similar to my Mirac PC you can control the spindle from the querty key board like this:- 1. First home the machine (ALT H) followed by X and Z cursor keys on the numeric keybad i.e. the numeric keys 4,6, 8,or2. 2. Go to Jog mode (ALT j) 3. Set speed (...

I already know that alt-h and alt-j work. last night I stumbled across the > key on its own emulating T. Your suggestion of possibly the alternates on the tutor keyboard single keys sounds good. I will try that when back with the machine tonight and report progress. Thanks for the help so far. pleas...

Hi can anybody help me with this keyboard problem? I recently aquired a MIRAC PC in good condition but with the tutor keyboard not functioning in response to a few keys. Notably "N" and "cursor up". I have edited the MIRAC.GO file to use a qwerty keyboard in the normal 486 PC DIN keyboard port (usin...