[Jerry] had a beefy CNC lathe whose controller wouldn’t respond. He cracked open the case and found a large scorch mark surrounding one of the servo controllers. Rather than just replace the IC and still be stuck with a 23-year-old controller he decided to retrofit the machine with modern controls.
The journey from a brick of steel to an incredible machine is fascinating. Using a combination of commercially available boards like the ModIO controller and custom-built circuits, he cleaned up control signals and give life to the lights on the original faceplate. The machine is now working beautifully with a new monitor, automatic oiling, and wireless connectivity.
Very nice.
CNC anything is awesome….
Finally something really useful and interesting over here, great work
nice speed and a good build log.
NICE!
I’ve seen Bridgeports running tape read by an ASR-33
So, I can say that this was a non-trivial Hacking..
Good Work.