Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bridgeport CNC Mill???

On 09/29/2011 10:41 PM, Larry Bastianon wrote:

> At this point I don't know what to do. I know the servomotors, and
> controller cards work so I wouldn't think I would need to replace them.
> Do you know of anyone that makes an affordable controller that would work
> with the existing servo box? This mill will not be used for production work.
> I have been using the mill in manual mode, and it works great, but I am
> starting to see the possibilities of what I could accomplish if the CNC
> controller worked.

Larry,

Assuming the encoders are good (that would be the second thing I would
check), EMC2 has built in support for the servos. Admittedly, the 1 mS
update rate is not as fast as it might be, but the cost to try out is
pretty low. See http://www.linuxcnc.org/ for details.

I believe Mach has the capability, but it requires additional external
hardware. See MACHSUPPORT.COM <http:/www.machsupport.com> for details.

Dave 8{)

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