Re: Anyone want to pick up a Project DENFORD cnc lathe in Michigan

> Les,
>
> Thank you for the reply. I have had a number of e-mails asking what the
> replacement/conversion controller board was- and I have no clue, I only know
> that it was advaible SOMEWHERE (I believe he was going to order it for
> England) Do you have some web sites I might look in to? Thanks!
>

Not Les but I have recently done a Denford triac mill and an Orac lathe.
Both kept the original motors and power supply, Both had the old invertor drives replaced by moder telemechanique drives so we could run the spindle using the C11G board from CNC4PC
Both were wired to us the chinese stepper drives as we have had good sucess with these as they are fully protected and substancially made.
Original limit switches, pressure oiling and coolant were all retained and wired in.

Both machines were setup with Mach3.

There is a company in the UK that took over from north east Electronics, the original manufacturers but again they are specialised and pricey. At least with off the shelf drives and cards and Mach3 it's easy to fault find and replace if there are any problems.

John S.