new to machining got boxford 125 tcl and 260 vmc any spares would help

[Clive S]

Ive done a Mach 3 conversion on my mill. Also in Middlesex (Ickenham). Ive not done a lathe before but its all similar, so might be able to help.

Chaz your profile is still saying Whitworth when you hover over the flag. Are you on holiday or have you abandoned the north

[uli12us]

I asked Boxford for SW but the don't want to sell me one. And for a price of 1100€, I can nearly twice add a motion controller like Mesa 7i76 or CSMIO IP/M with Mach3.

If you open your control cabinet, you'll find the same hardware as in my
165HMC, except you have only 3 Stepperdrivers and the controller board for it, instead of 4.
All the other parts should be the same. Maybe not always in the same position.

But the Stepperdrivers can't control with 5V TTL as today, they need 12V Cmos. For this you need a small driver with 1 or 2 little Transistors and Resistors. Unfortunately I don't know if they need a positive or negative signal to make one step.

[Chaz]

Chaz your profile is still saying Whitworth when you hover over the flag. Are you on holiday or have you abandoned the north

Abandoned ....

Will fix, thanks.

[Clive S]

Abandoned ....

Will fix, thanks.

You do realise you will need a passport if you ever want to come back up north

[Chaz]

You do realise you will need a passport if you ever want to come back up north

Lol, dont mind that. Im just a foreigner anyways ....