I am curious and my inner Scrooge would like to use the old two wire proximity switches but the attached electronics is long since gone. However I am only familiar with DC 3 wire versions which would be an easy replacement for me to deal with. I am thinking that they were likely driven with 24V AC p...

Both axis alive see new video, happy days.

Now I need to re-instate the spindle sensors and some limit switches etc etc..

And work out how I am going to attach tools...

Couple more photos uploaded and questions below: The armoured cable that housed the X axis stepper motor signals to the carriage was one of the shockingly scary bits, it had been continuously rubbing on the bed of the lathe, poor routing choice at some point.. The drive spindle drive belt is worn ba...

stepper drives look like parker cd20 Thanks I downloaded every driver manual I could find on here and found the parker manual matched up :) The 5 wires (ribbon cable) from the NEE controller go to 5 consecutive pins as per page 6 https://www.denfordata.com/downloads/dos/cd20-30.pdf for each axis. 2...

make that 5 wires from the NEE to each of the stepper drivers.

https://plus.google.com/photos/100728684957900160965/albums/6074485439813054337 the above link should give you some idea of the sorry state of my lathe, I am responsible for making it look much worse by opening everything up. I was quite concerned about where I could apply 240V without it going in s...

Hello, I have taken ownership of a neglected lathe. It seems that it started life in 1982 at a University and then its history is a bit vague. It has sat un-used for the last 9 years, I think the last owner may have had it working with an inverter for the main spindle and I suspect the joystick only...