New to me Denford Starturn 8 what to do?

[opentoideas]

Hi Lee,

Sort of.....

I have the DOS software loaded on the laptop using DOSBox so its up and working for now.

For now i am going to continue cleaning and servicing it as i want to clean and regrease the head and toolchanger as after over 30 years the grease is likely dry and ineffective.... some love will go a long way.

After that i still am unsure. One option is to go the route of Denfords modern software.

Whichever way i go will need a new motion controller and control software plus some form of CAM software with post processing so any route involves cost of hardware and software.

From what i can tell there is nothing wrong with Denfords software and it should do anything i will need. My only hesitation is licensing cost as i will be adding a Triac mill if i ever find one for a price i can pay.

I need to have a chat with denford as if the total software cost is too high that may change my direction but for the moment its a tempting way to go.

I am away for the next week but with any luck i should be making chips in a couple of weeks which will give me an idea just how much fun the DOS system is to use

[Lee Roberts]

Hi Lee,

Sort of.....

I have the DOS software loaded on the laptop using DOSBox so its up and working for now.

For now i am going to continue cleaning and servicing it as i want to clean and regrease the head and toolchanger as after over 30 years the grease is likely dry and ineffective.... some love will go a long way.

Cool, share some pics of your progress, always good to see something new and it acts as a reference for people further down the road that mite need some info, you can turn it into a restoration build log to if you want lol ;-)

Now that would be cool if you can stretch to a video of you doing the DOS stuff and then the chips flying, DOS systems are before my time so a window into the past would be great ;)

Enjoy your time away,
TIA