Re: Lathe threading

> Gents,
>
> You folks consider using a PLC? I've used many of the $150 Automation
> direct units. Very simple to use. When it comes to interfacing steppers and
> encoders, the wiring is very easy but the programming gets involved. So my
> question would be, anybody try any of the PC based I/O packages? I know it's
> not real hard to write a C or Basic program to run these things, but again,
> if you use a package, I figure much of the complicated programming may come
> as a canned function. Are there things like this out there?
>
> I'd say a black box the size of a index card box and costing 125$ or so is
> a pretty good deal already,