Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Current CNC options for Lathes with encoders?

On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:30:50 +0100, you wrote:

>Not sure where is the bast place to ask as most of the lists I frequent
>for CNC are specific to a single option. I've got an Orac and a Compact8
>Lathe both of which are running nicely from the Mach3 Mill computer, but
>as yet nothing is hooked up to the encoder and index pulse signals.
>
>I was going down the path of Eding USBCNC, but the current interface
>boards are a lot more expensive than the original USB boards. PlanetCNC
>offers a similar board to the earlier Eding one and prices look good
>even adding the extra bit for the software licence. The Pokeys boards
>look nice price wise, but I'm not sold on Mach4 having been using Mach3
>on the mill for years. Does any other software take advantage of the
>Pokeys hardware? Then we get back to LinuxCNC which I keep downloading
>but never getting much further along than that despite having a couple
>of other interfaces that are getting good responses about.
>
>Nothing stands out as the ideal solution for a lathe setup like Mach3 is
>for the mill, or am I missing something?

Yea - just put an independent CNC control on it and forget Mach.

Plenty of choice for lathe controls on aliexpress.


Steve Blackmore
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