Re: LPKF 2d drill

Richard,

Wasn't most early pcb software pretty bad, by todays' standards?

Zoran,

You will obviously want to find out whether your machine
is "supported" before you decide to "junk" parts of it...

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., admin@a... wrote:
> howdy Zoran,
>
> The motors are almost certainly Berger-Lahr. The LPKF
> is a European-made machine, and those motors come out
> of Europe...Germany I believe...or Austria.
>
> B-L invented the 5-phase, not Vexta. And the original
> patents have no doubt expired by now. That work was
> done back in the 70's.
>
> When changing the motors, you'll be unpleasantly surprised
> to find that not only is the shaft size non-standard,
> but so is the mounting-hole pattern! Ask me how I know...<g>
>
> I own serial #12 of the 101...and it's obviously a
> prototype, even though it was shipped as a production
> machine. There are extra sets of mounting-holes for the
> linear bearings under the table...and the boards in the
> controller were cut on an LPKF. Pretty funny...
>
> Oh yes, if I remember right, the 5-phase protocol is
> being generated by the Z80. (i -think- that's what's
> in there....it's been years...). I used to have a
> set of manuals with schematics, but don't have any
> idea which box in which shed they're in now...or if
> they just got tossed out in our move a few years back.
>
> When I got the machine, I attempted to use the junk
> software that came with it; dongles and all; but
> gave that up, threw it all in the trash, and put new motors
> and an Ah-ha control on it. Been making nice proto-PCB's
> with it ever since. Pretty decent quality mechanism.
>
> I think I still even have the original control-box sitting
> out in the blue shed....if the squirrels haven't eaten
> it, that is...<g>.
>
> good luck with it!
>
> Richard