Re: DynaMechtronics CNC conversion, friend needs help..

Dan,

Thanks for the reply. My friend is in the Seattle area. Are you
willing to give some minimal assistance with their conversion if they
buy your drivers, etc.? BTW, I don't think their mill is the 2400,
it's an older version, 2040(?) possibly. Probably same hardware, but
the controller is more primitive.

thanks,

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@s...> wrote:
> I have one of those dyna2400 mills. Really nice. The motor they
use are a
> 8 wire dual shaft. I simply figured out the pin out of their
connector and
> used one of my drivers to run it. I am running it in bipolar
parallel .
> I was going to use the existing drivers but realized that I would
have to
> jerk the microprocessor out of the amp and design a replacement
board that
> would plug in. I figured I could use something like a L297 for the
> translator but I decided against it because I have been really busy
and
> second I did think there would be a large enough market for a mod
kit to
> update the existing controls.
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich D. <cmsteam@a...>
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y... <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Date: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 11:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] DynaMechtronics CNC conversion,
friend needs
> help..
>
>
> >Doug,
> >I have exactly the same friend (different name) with the exact
same mill.
> >I plan on using Camtronics 3 axis board and CNCPro. The existing
> >electrical guts will be stripped out except the spindle speed
control
> >and the 24V Lambda supply will be stripped down to just a raw DC
> >supply. The existing 5V supply will not be used. Hopefully the
board
> >and 24V supply will fit into the existing case plus fan(s) and
heatsink.
> >The motors appear to be belted down nema 17's.
> >He has AutoCad, so CNCPro and ACE converter ought to do him fine.
> >What do you think?
> >Rich D.
> >
> >dougrasmussen@c... wrote:
> >>
> >> Group,
> >>
> >> A friend and sometimes customer has one of the small Dyna mills
which
> >> badly needs a conversion to a more friendly control. The
existing
> >> Dyna control is almost impossible to use, not only is it
horrible to
> >> program it doesn't have any offline communication method. The
> >> converted machine is to be used for small jewelry sized projects
in
> >> relatively soft materials.
> >>
> >> To help my friend I'd like to find as simple a conversion method
as
> >> possible, ie no EMC, etc. The machine already has steppers of
> >> unknown type and drivers which may or may not be accessible to
> >> control signals from another source.
> >>
> >> My friend is not particularly computer literate or elctronically
> >> savvy, but is willing to learn within reason. I would like an
easy
> >> system to suggest since if the conversion gets too complicated I
may
> >> be dragged into the situation which I don't want in this case.
The
> >> ideal conversion for this person would be the type where you
"hook
> >> the blue wire to the green terminal", etc, etc.
> >>
> >> I know at one time Ahha had a conversion available specifically
for
> >> this mill which was of the "hook this wire to..." type. Anyone
have
> >> experience with that? Or any other sugestions requiring that
> >> approximate level of competence?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> Doug
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