Boxford TCL 125 missing software

**Boxster** · 03-06-2012

Originally Posted by Ricardoco

Hey Boxster, give i2i a call he talked me through my boxford 260 mill conversion to mach and it cost me very little, he knows his stuff and talks in plain english, i was new to it all and he was my dictionary!!!..

Rick

Plain english sounds good to me, I,ll be contacting him for sure.

boxster

**Boxster** · 03-06-2012

Originally Posted by i2i

you can use the existing drives, steppers, psu, spindle drive, relays and add mach to them. Or you can replace everything, it's your choice.

What would be your advice, to keep all the original items that I can, or replace everything. Is there a marked difference in the 2 approaches.

Have no fear, I will be ringing you midweek

Just as soon as the holiday spirit is over

. Where is the best place to source the parts I need.

Thanks .

Boxster

**i2i** · 03-06-2012

This is who i get my bits from. http://www.diycnc.co.uk/

**Boxster** · 03-07-2012

I may be able to get a copy of the Boxford software, so I am keeping the fingers crossed at the moment. Logistically its not a runner for me to ship my lathe to the uk for conversion at the moment. And any contacts I have made in Ireland, have either not got back to me, or scared the living bejesus out of me with prices.

And as I have no electronic experience at all, I think attacking this blindly will result in smoke and metal

. If I am lucky enough to come through on the software, can I run it directly from my laptop, and what adaptor would I need.

thanks

boxster