What's worth saving?

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What's worth saving?

Post by sevencontinents » Thu 05 Apr , 2012 8:05 am

Hi all,

I just bought an Orac and plan on upgrading it to modern controls. What's worth saving on it, electronics-wise?

Thanks.
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Re: What's worth saving?

Post by Denford Admin » Thu 05 Apr , 2012 9:01 am

I'd keep the stepper drives (Parker) as they will work fine unless you want to go to microstepping.
If the spindle drive still works, run it until it either fails or you find there isn't enough power.
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Re: What's worth saving?

Post by sevencontinents » Fri 06 Apr , 2012 17:08 pm

Denford Admin wrote:I'd keep the stepper drives (Parker) as they will work fine unless you want to go to microstepping.
If the spindle drive still works, run it until it either fails or you find there isn't enough power.
Thank you.
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Re: What's worth saving?

Post by angel-tech » Fri 06 Apr , 2012 19:59 pm

the spindle sensor's worth using
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