Guys, I'm back again.. it has been silent on this side, life wasn't too kind for me the last years..
the HMB C1 lathe project has stopped,
Why?.. Well.. I moved to another part of the country, was out of a job, so money was "too tight to mention"
But at the moment, things are starting to look a bit brighter..
What happened to the HBM project?.. Not much.. i was at the point where i needed to make an X axis motormount for the stepper.. the Z-axis motor could be bolted right to the machinebed.. But..
While this was on hold.. i got an order of 50 Titanium Watch Cases.. I used the HBM Lathe manually at that time, but to make watch cases.. i needed a CNC lathe.. and i needed it FAST..
That is why i bought an EMCO Compact 5 CNC, and i "Quick and dirty" converted that to EdingCNC, since the original EMCO Control of the Compact 5CNC... well.. to put it mildly..as we'd say in the Netherlands.. "I wouldn't let my dog piss on it..
in the mean time, i've made better and better macro's for EdingCNC, and i also wrote a Code Editor Specifically for EdingCNC.
Lately i also bought (as i said.. things are looking brighter) an EMCOturn 120.. and plans are to convert that machine to EdingCNC as well. not that the EMCOtronic TM02 control fitted to that machine is bad.. far from it.. i think it is very good, given the time it was made...but.. i want all my machines to run on EdingCNC (if possible)
With that machine.. if i convert it.. the old Control cabinet/console will be rendered obsolete, since i can put all the electronics in a nice cabinet in the base of the machine,
But then.. what to do with the control Cabinet/Console?.. Well.. the EMCO Compact 5 CNC will fit in this cabinet!..
And.. Since i already have a functional EMCO Compact 5 CNC, i only have to make some brackets to mount this machine in that Cabinet..
and this is how it is gonna look!, the machine is in the same angle as the Slantbed version of the Compact 5 (i believe it was called Concept 55 by Emco), so i know that will work, as a friend of mine has one..
I was also able to get a second Heidenhain Control Panel, which i will mount in a Console on a swiveling arm.
The original Frontplate can be retained as well, the only thing i have to do to it is mount some drawer guides to it to support the sliding door,
The sheetmetal on the inside protrudes a bit to prevent chips falling out on the guides.. , it is basically a "labyrinth seal" on the door and the machine.. also to keep Coolant in..
I will probably make a door in the front, or maybe two.. to store tools, the coolant tank, and the Computer.. although i might mount that in the gray block" under the machine..
at the moment i'm working on a new lathe macro, incorporating some of the things i really like from the TM02 Control from EMCO..
And.. Testing my Editing Software..I started writing programs in C# recently, and it is a great language.. way better and easier than Visual Basic.
This is the Editor , called E++, the F12 button brings EdingCNC to the Foreground, and with a macro written in a certain way, if you use one of the UserFunctions in EdingCNC, it saves the parameters to a file that is then loaded in E++ bringing it back to the foreground, where you can insert it into the code with F1..
The beauty part is.. this software is FREE.. but at the moment, only a dutch manual exists, As soon as i have translated the manual i will post a link here on the forum, this is the piece of software that enables you to write programs at the machine.. just like you were running a Fanuc, Siemens or Heidenhain machine.. and you can make it as cool as you like..