Yet another Denford for the collection (Triac Retrofit thread)

[Tommy]

Rather than have this thread as just another "look at what I got/done" thread, I'm wanting to explain some of the reasoning behind the choices.
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Denford use pretty industrial type setups for their electrics, so all the control electrics in this machine already run 24V, which I'll be sticking with, as 24V controls pretty much eliminates all noise problems. (If there is demand I'll go into the details of the why higher voltage is better)
This particular machine is a VMC version (basically means it comes with inbuilt computer/display/keyboard), running stepper motors courtesy of a parker SD rack.
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Here's a few pics.
Original control cabinet setup-

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It powers up!

Check the whopping 1024kb of memory and 33MHz clock speed :-)
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I love old school tech-

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Now that's how it came. Cutting edge technology for the early nineties, and would likely still work if I could be bothered finding a working floppy disk drive to create a new floppy disk. But I need this machine working, not stuck running archaic software/hardware.
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In an ideal situation, I'd install servos, however I don't have the budget or time to rework everything to fit servos.
Instead, I'm going to stick with the original steppers for now, and using modern drivers.
I've opted for Leadshine EM806s. A lower end drive would also of worked, but I want to make this machine as reliable as possible, so the stall-detection of the EM drives gives an extra bit protection should something go wrong.

Hi, Do you still have the motion control card (electronics) you stripped off the machine. Precisely, I need a working “baldor D281 motion control card for a TRIAC P. C., red 7-segment LED display type".

[andy_con]

Hi, Do you still have the motion control card (electronics) you stripped off the machine. Precisely, I need a working “baldor D281 motion control card for a TRIAC P. C., red 7-segment LED display type".

If I was a mod on this forum Id ban you for spamming

[Tommy]

What makes you think i am spamming. Why would i be spamming a CNC forum, is it that I dont have any job to do?

I am only posting in numerous threads that I believe are relevant to my need, which is to obtain a working denford controller card

The post by "m_c" shows an image of the card (which you might no longer be used) and that is why i replied to "m_c"'s post

So i still ask, do you still have the Triac controller card that is shown in that picture in that post. Cheers.

[Tommy]

If I was a mod on this forum Id ban you for spamming

What makes you think i am spamming. Why would i be spamming a CNC forum, is it that I dont have any job to do?

I am only posting in numerous threads that I believe are relevant to my need, which is to obtain a working denford controller card

The post by "m_c" shows an image of the card (which you might no longer be used) and that is why i replied to "m_c"'s post

So i still ask, do you still have the Triac controller card that is shown in that picture in that post. Cheers.

[John S]

For F*ck's sake Tommy give it a rest.
You have posted on every web site known to man including the stray cats website.
If anyone has one of these boards they will be severely tempted to throw it in the skip just so you can't get yours hands on it.

[Tommy]

For F*ck's sake Tommy give it a rest.
You have posted on every web site known to man including the stray cats website.
If anyone has one of these boards they will be severely tempted to throw it in the skip just so you can't get yours hands on it.

My sincere apologies to John S.

[andy_con]

For F*ck's sake Tommy give it a rest.
You have posted on every web site known to man including the stray cats website.
If anyone has one of these boards they will be severely tempted to throw it in the skip just so you can't get yours hands on it.

Piss my shit