Hello,
A good friend has acquired a good old Emco F1 unit, with revolving turret. He would like to make it to work with Mach 3 software. He is not English fluent so here I am helping him with some English words ;-)
The issue, he and I dont know much about conversions and options available, so maybe just posting the question if the shortest route.
I would like to hear about different options for controller boards that can give a 4 axis control with mach 3, and what kind of stepper motors.
I am sure thre are plenty of board options, and would like to hit the bulls eye at first with the forum recommendations. Of course, Chinese or cost effective options are well come
As far as I know, the only things we need to make the F1 mach3 compatible is a pc computer with parallel port and mach 3 software, a 4 axis board, the correct power supply, and the correct stepper motors. Anything else???
A good friend has acquired a good old Emco F1 unit, with revolving turret. He would like to make it to work with Mach 3 software. He is not English fluent so here I am helping him with some English words ;-)
The issue, he and I dont know much about conversions and options available, so maybe just posting the question if the shortest route.
I would like to hear about different options for controller boards that can give a 4 axis control with mach 3, and what kind of stepper motors.
I am sure thre are plenty of board options, and would like to hit the bulls eye at first with the forum recommendations. Of course, Chinese or cost effective options are well come
As far as I know, the only things we need to make the F1 mach3 compatible is a pc computer with parallel port and mach 3 software, a 4 axis board, the correct power supply, and the correct stepper motors. Anything else???