Re: moog run for your life bridgeport !
Just a quick update. I bought four AMC B25A20ACQ amps, which I know will run the smaller motors and should also run the Parker 610s fine if I don't crank them up too high. I've got the amps, Galil controller, PC, and PacSci motors on the bench and optical encoders on order. We've been running the mill on the Parker ZX controllers. They work fine if you don't demand much from them. Still have to get everything to play nice, and need to mount a motor on the quill. Then if it all comes together properly I'll look at setting up the rotary table on axis E.
But there's a lot to learn.
Jim
Re: moog run for your life bridgeport !
Well it's been awhile since any update but here she is running and making chip's, still more work to be done but at least she is working https://youtu.be/LHgaEJkQOVE
Re: moog run for your life bridgeport !
I'm back.Been running the mill in semi-manual mode for a few years now and just recently found an affordable deal on the servo amp for the knee. So I pulled the Galil stuff out of the storage cabinet to have a look. I'm enrolled in a tech class this summer for computer managed machining and hoping that experience will give me a chance to refresh my memory and make a bit more progress. I had the Galil setup working on the bench at one point but I have some really significant backtracking to do. Just recently ran across this link, I thought I had list it.
The mill currently has a couple of single axis controllers on the x and y but I recently added a 4 axis DRO which has been most helpful. (and also demonstrates that my ballscrews have backlash... who knew?) The tool change works but is something of a pain, there is little reason to think it can't be much better.
But we'll see what the new generation of machine tool controls looks like. Maybe there will be something in there that I will want to use. I am still clinging to the idea of having a set of rotary knobs or handwheels that I can spin to simulate manual operation of the machine, preferably with computer tracking for repeatability. But I don't think the concept has caught on yet.
Jim