Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 December 2015 01:31:29 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/07/2015 11:02 PM, Jeremy Jones wrote: > > Thanks everyone. Sarah, thanks for that great link. Not sure how I > > haven't come across that yet. I'm gonna look into everything. > > Thinking I might just got this route off the bat.

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-08 Thread Jeremy Jones
I'm getting doubles of every board along with it except the main board of course. He had a parts machine he stripped before this one. Comes with extra motors, pumps, etc. Not a bad deal. It's a fanuc ot-ot-b control. Built in 1992. I believe the spindle is at least 7.5hp and might be a 10hp. I

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-07 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/07/2015 11:02 PM, Jeremy Jones wrote: > Thanks everyone. Sarah, thanks for that great link. Not sure how I haven't > come across that yet. I'm gonna look into everything. Thinking I might just > got this route off the bat. Looking it might be a minimum of $1500 to fix > the controls. I think

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 December 2015 at 13:19, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > The harder and correct answer is 'not until you make it do it'. Having said that, the sequence required for a lathe is rather simpler than for a milling machine. The "carousel" HAL component can do a lot of the work:

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-07 Thread Stuart Stevenson
On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Jeremy Jones wrote: > Does LCNC support ATCs? > > The easy answer is 'yes'. The harder and correct answer is 'not until you make it do it'. Take your right forefinger and thumb and pinch your right earlobe. Hold that for a little while.

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-07 Thread Jeremy Jones
Thanks everyone. Sarah, thanks for that great link. Not sure how I haven't come across that yet. I'm gonna look into everything. Thinking I might just got this route off the bat. Looking it might be a minimum of $1500 to fix the controls. I think the LCNC electronics will be cheaper..I hope. Want

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-06 Thread Sarah Armstrong
yes it can handle the turret toolchanger , theirs a number of ways using classic ladder , or using a comp On 6 December 2015 at 20:46, Jeremy Jones wrote: > Thanks John. How would one handle the tool changing from a hardware and > software standpoint since this a 10 tool

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-06 Thread Jeremy Jones
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 wrote: > On 11/12/2015 05:47 PM, Jeremy Jones wrote: > > Thinking about picking up a

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 December 2015 at 20:46, Jeremy Jones wrote: > Does LCNC support ATCs? To an extent. The problem is that all ATCs are a little different, so there is no one-size-fits-all option that you can simply turn on in LinuxCNC. However, everything that is required to control

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-06 Thread Sarah Armstrong
http://gnipsel.com/shop/hardinge/hardinge.xhtml sorry forgot the link , that will get you close On 6 December 2015 at 20:51, Sarah Armstrong wrote: > yes it can handle the turret toolchanger , > > theirs a number of ways using classic ladder , or using a comp > >

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-12-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 06 December 2015 15:46:30 Jeremy Jones wrote: > 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? > Yes it does. But you'll have to enable it, perhaps by writing some of the code. There is

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-11-12 Thread Jon Elson
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

[Emc-users] Hardinge Conquest 42 Conversion

2015-11-12 Thread Jeremy Jones
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