retrofiting a max nc help

At 11:02 AM 5/21/02 -0000, you wrote:

>Well after checking out those places you mentioned I am a little
>overwhelmed. There controls cost as much as I piad for my whole
>machine and add ons.:( Can you help with another solution?

Conversion of a unit with 8" x 16" x 24" envelope can be done for about
$2400 hardware, including all electronics, motors, screws, belts etc. You
have to do a lot of work hanging stuff and wiring up. If yours is CNC
ready, you can have a very powerful setup using Indexer-LPT for the actual
motion control and interpolation, and send it files of commands you can
make up yourself. Or you can use I-LPT under Axis Wizard, which is our
home-brew front end. It accepts files in standard G-code from any third
party CAM or CAD, or will run I-LPT files. Or you may program it using MDI
and a handy set of included canned routines, all output of which is written
to your designated part file for later use. You can see the things it will
do on BelFab site, URL in tagline. It's fully debugged and chock full of
stuff for nearly any purpose. I've been running a very successful home biz
for three years now with this program. Comprehensive manual and demo are
available.

Regards, Hoyt


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