Emco Compact 5 Conversion

[Pete92]

Well from other people I have talked to the motors are very odd. So I am most likely to replace them for modern stepper motors.

EMCO Compact 5 any good? - Page 2 - Home Model Engine Machinist

That is my machine there, there are a few pictures of it. The spindle is totally manually controlled on the machine at the moment, on/off and the speed are controlled by the operator. So it should wire into a new spindle controller easily enough.

Will mach3 accept a homing sensor on the x axis?

Cheers,

Pete

[JAZZCNC]

Well from other people I have talked to the motors are very odd. So I am most likely to replace them for modern stepper motors.

Ron had the right idea by dumping the whole electronics and motors. I've converted a few small Lathes and usually the only thing worth keeping is the DC spindle Speed controller, which sounds like you don't have one.?

Motors are often underpowered and weedy so for sake £60 for 2 motors it's not worth the not doing if your keeping. If you want to spend some money and get great accuracy and repeatability with closed loop then buy the Leadshine hybrid closed loop stepper system, they come complete with Digital drives and are pretty much plug and play. . . More money but perfect for lathes.

Yes Mach will accept individual inputs for both Home and Limits for upto 6 Axis. Each axis can also share the same Input for Both Home and limit sensors so reducing the amount of inputs you'll need.!

[m_c]

Have you got any pictures of the control cabinet?

The Spindle motor looks like a DC motor, so it will most likely have it's own dedicated controller, and probably has some way of being automatically controlled.