Gene,
Hey man nice to meetya! I guess I can post the pics to my photobucket
account and link them here but that is kinda a pain. Perhaps I should make
a photobucket folder for all the Cincinatti arrow pics. HMMM something to
consider. Peace
Pete
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday 22 November 2012 12:10:26 Pete Matos did opine:
>
> > First off Happy Thanksgiving to all of my EMC/linuxCNC friends. I am
> > kinda new around here with EMC and I recently bought a used Cincinatti
> > Arrow 500 VMC for my shop. Initially the hope was to be able to fix the
> > original control and get it running. UNFORTUNATELY after several
> > thousand dollars were spent I had a few more failures of the original
> > control components and decided to just stop the bleeding here. I
> > started looking seriously into retrofitting the machine here and
> > happened upon a couple fellows who already have Cincinatti VMC's
> > running under linuxCNC control. After speaking with one of them and
> > hearing good reviews I found my way here.
> >
> > My plan is to literally start over with this machine for the simple
> > fact that I do not trust any of the original components. Therefore I
> > have gutted the electronics cabinet of everything with the exception of
> > the original relays and the main on/off contactor rotary switch. The
> > only things remaining of the original control are going to be the main
> > spindle motor, the toolchanger and power drawbar pneumatics, and the
> > limit switches and home switches. I plan to purchase completely new
> > motors and drives for all three axes and I am seriously looking into
> > the Teco models. These are 130mm 1000 watt 2000 rpm 4nm motors on the
> > x and y and 6nm on the z axis. I have already purchased a brand new
> > Intel Atom D525 motherboard, a solid state hard drive 90gb, 4gb ram, a
> > brand new 15.6" widescreen monitor for the control pendant as well as a
> > sweet industrial waterproof/debris proof keyboard. Just yesterday I
> > purchased the Mesa Electronics KIT with the 5I25 and 7I77 analog drive
> > boards and cabling.
> >
> > The machine's electronics are substantially based on a 110v control
> > power setup for the relays and pneumatic solenoids apparently from what
> > I hear talking to Lee who has been so kind to share his experiences
> > retrofitting the same exact machine with the same exact control. I
> > hope to be able to learn from you guys here about what it takes to
> > perform this retrofit. The intention unless I am advised otherwise is
> > to run the motors and drives under an analog 0-10v control setup and
> > use the original relays that appear to be in good shape to switch the
> > 110v pneumatics for the toolchanger and power drawbar on and off as
> > needed.
> >
> > My initial GOAL is to get all three axes working with the limits and
> > homes setup and get a temporary pneumatic setup working for the power
> > drawbar so I can use the machine WITHOUT the toolchanger initially.
> > Eventually I hope to implement a ladder logic setup for the toolchanger
> > to get the entire machine working as it did originally only better. I
> > am looking for advice here about how best to approach this challenge
> > and what steps to take and in what order. Right now over this
> > thanksgiving weekend I hope to be able to start mocking up the new atom
> > main board inside the electronics enclosure and figure out what will go
> > where. Not sure if I can post pictures here but a picture is worth a
> > thousand words I always say and it would be nice to show what I am
> > doing and how and my hope here is to lean on you knowledgeable fellows
> > and receive ideas and guidance about this most elaborate build I have
> > ever attempted. Anyways, just saying hello and I am hoping to hear
> > from many of you and again Happy Thanksgiving....peace
> >
> > Pete
>
> Welcome Pete! AFA pix are concerned, I have used my own page, or
> pastebin.ca, setting about a week or less expire, then post the link to it
> that pastebin gives you to here. Stuff I put on my own page tends to not
> expire & then gets stale. :(
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> Cheers, Gene
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