I’m digging the new ad I just saw on Instagram…
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So there is always this option. I keep inching closer and closer to this. Acorn CNC Controller Kit For Milling Machines, Routers, Lathes, Plasma And Laser
Less than $400.00 and you can have all the features you want. My only fear is getting the spindle to work with this board and controller.
If I get all my other projects finished up I might give this a go.
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At some point I will be going that route…I just don’t have the time now. But even but fixes in cu control would make my life significantly better.
yeah every now and again I have to reprogram my tool setter location. It just randomly forgets where it was.
When I have to run 100 parts and I have to click the yes I acknowledge the part has finished before I can hit the cycle start button for the next part. It ends up being hundreds of extra clicks when each of the 100 parts has 4 different tools… Not to mention the button is so dang small I miss it half the time and have to hit that area like 3 times. So now it’s 1 thousand extra touches to the screen. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh
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I have completed my conversion of the MR-1 to an Acorn controller. With the WMPG, it is a game changer. The CHIPS probing utility is also very useful. I couldn’t be happier with the conversion. I have been working on getting my notes together. If you are interested, let me know and I can give you share the GitHub repository.
I pushed the speeds on the machine as well. It is only 150 IPM at the moment, but I am confident I could push it harder.
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O heck yeah. I actually already have the Acorn board but was saving it for another project. If I had confidence I could hook it up without lots of down time I would for sure. It just shows a vfd for the spindle and not a servo. I know it can be done just now how it’s done.
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