Thank You for your reply Simon. The table will be used for a fourth axis. I decided to go for this table due to the Z axis limitation of the Starmill (115mm) with the intention of converting to CNC (servo / stepper undecided) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HMB-100MM-ROTARY-TABLE-MYFORD-USERS-MUST-SEE_W0QQite...

Hello,

Could someone inform me of the Starmill t-slot dimensions?

Thanks
SRG

Hello Group,

What size rotary table would you recommend for the Denford Starmill?

I was thinking of a Vertex HV4 (100 mm) but I think it maybe to big?

Any sugestions?

Thanks,
SRG

Hello All, I cuurently have own a Starmill (without ATC) and was wondering how the ATC worked specificaly the drawbar component. I can see from some of the pictures it uses a turret to to pressent tools but am not sure how the tool locking mechanism functioned. If someone could explain or even bette...

So sorry for the late reply in thanking you for the above information.
It is only just now that I searched for all my posts for a reminder that I saw it!

Thanks Again....
SRG

Hello,

Does anyone know how the Starturn chuck is mounted?
Is it a screwfit like the ML7 or is it bolted to a face plate?

Cheers
SRG

Hello All, As mentioned in previous posts I have a Starturn PC (1993) which has an ATC (Auto Tool Changer) mounted on the cross-slide. The ATC can hold 8 tools. 4 tools for Facing, Cutoff, Roughing etc etc 4 tools for Boring, Center Drilling Peck Drilling etc etc. Unfortunatly it appears I maybe mis...

Hello All,

Could someone tell me if the Starturn Lathe circa 1993 can accept collet's to replace the three jaw chuck and if so what type are required?

Thanks
SRG

I have managed to get the starturn running under dos (win98) after converting (25 way <> 25 way) rs232 to (25 way <> 19 way) for both the lathe and desktop tutor. Oddly enough I can only get the v1.0 starturn to work correctly. The later version available for download from this site complains with 1...

I've seen a few folks on here mention dosbox I used it in the past to run the Starmill, It could be an option would Lathe Cam Designer work with Dosbox as I thought it was a windows app? BTW Are you the chap who worked for Denford then moved to Aus? You used to program in Pascal and had a hand in wr...

Hello All,

Does anyone happen to know what spindle bearing model number / dimension is used in the Denford Starmill?

I beleive it was manufactured by SKF.

Regards
Steve

I have purchased a couple of USB to Serial converters that I was hoping to use but I think these use somthing like COM5 or higher (need to check this). I do have an old Pentium Pro 200 that I could employ if the Vmware route fails. It would be nice to keep it on one machine concidering I have a Star...

Thanks for you reply...

It appears that the Starturn is the gsm LCB3 so it probably won't work.
Hopefully I can get by with Lathe Cam Designer running under Vmware and Win98.

Cheers Again.

Hello Group,

As stated in the heading is VR Turning Software compatible with a Starturn PC lathe which uses an LCB3 control board circa 1993?

Thanks
Steve

I just had another look at the Fanuc section in the manual and it mentions Fanuc OT ? Page 6 of the Denford Catalogue that has information regarding the VR CNC Turning software mentions that it supports Fanuc OT so does this mean I should be able to use VR? If so how much does the software cost? TIA...

Oh I forgot to mention it has a seperate controller box that is around 2' wide by 3' high from memory.

Would the VR software work on this lathe?

Thanks once again,

Steve

It looks very similiar / identical to this picture ....

I forgot to mention it come with the desktop tutor and original Denfor / Fanuc manual. (I will try and get this scanned and sent to admin if your interested) After reading some of the starturn related posts I am wondering that the reason it asks for a dongle is due to he fact that I currently do not...

Hello All, I have just purchased a Starturn turn which has an inspection report carried out by a Mr Jenkins dated on the 18-6-93. It has an auto tool changer and floppy disks on both 5.25 and 3.5 formats. The Software I have is as follows :- 3.5 disks ... Lathe Cam Designer v1.0 Lathe Cam Designer v...

Hello does anyone know what the spindle bearing model is on the Denford Starmill, I know it is made by THK but without dissmantling I am not sure of the part number?

TIA
SRG