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What's worth saving?

Posted: Thu 05 Apr , 2012 8:05 am
by sevencontinents
Hi all,

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

Thanks.

Re: What's worth saving?

Posted: Thu 05 Apr , 2012 9:01 am
by Denford Admin
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.

Re: What's worth saving?

Posted: Fri 06 Apr , 2012 17:08 pm
by sevencontinents
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.

Re: What's worth saving?

Posted: Fri 06 Apr , 2012 19:59 pm
by angel-tech
the spindle sensor's worth using