Looking at a small 3-axis CNC unit from 1995. All gold/orange anodized aluminum bridge style frame with the spindle moving in X and Z on it while the table on the bed moves in Y. The label says it's a Kaba-Keycut, date is from 1995. Has a funky lever action vise with special jaws and a V pointed bit in an ER-16 collet, though with a very slim nut that would take a special wrench instead of the common hex nut.
I find nothing whatsoever about key cutting or CNC equipment with the current company named EBZ Engineering, though it is still in Germany. (The motors have German names etc on them.) Now for the kicker. The only interface connection on it is a DA-15 female plug, same as on old PC gameports and Mac monitor ports. I opened up the electronics box and there's zip, zero, nada, no marking of any sort on the PCB. My assumption is that port has RS232 communication plus some sort of feedback lines. There's a tiny button on one of the clamps holding the vise, with a wire going off to somewhere, and there's probe mounted under the head to the rear of the spindle. Assumption, those are for Z-zero setting. Alternatively, all the required step, direction, enable etc signals for a 3 axis stepper motor mill can fit onto only 14 pins. There's no separate spindle power switch or speed knob on it so that also must be controlled via the 15 pin connector. How might I go about figuring out the pinout on this? If that can't be done and no 1995 vintage manual can be turned up, then the only option would be to toss the existing electronics and fill the box with new. Without the specialized vise, or with different jaws, it could be useful for milling small and intricate things. Looks to have working volume around 2x2x2". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports.http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
