Thanks John. How would one handle the tool changing from a hardware and software standpoint since this a 10 tool ATC? Does LCNC support ATCs?
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > On 11/12/2015 05:47 PM, Jeremy Jones wrote: > > Thinking about picking up a Conquest 42. The machine is supposedly in > good > > shape but the Fanuc OT control might be shot and the motherboard would > need > > to replaced. Will try to resurrect but I'm thinking linuxcnc anyway > since I > > did a Bridgport recently. > > > > I've seen a lot of CHNC conversions but couldn't find any Conquests. > > Wondering if anyone has done one and if its similar to the CHNC's. I know > > the CHNC II has the same spindle but I unsure of the remaining > electronics. > > Just trying to get an idea of everything I would need to replace to make > it > > work. It also has a 10 tool turret tool changer and I'm wondering how > hard > > that would be to get to work with LCNC. Any help is appreciated. > > > It may have resolvers instead of encoders on the axes. I > (Pico Systems) have a converter that converts the resolvers > to look like standard encoders. Several CHNCs have been > converted with my Universal PWM Controller and PWM servo amps. > > Jon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741911&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
