Boxford TCL 160

[DrBrodie]

Hello Saracen,

I work in a school and we have a Boxford 160 like this one. We are having turret indexing issues. I don't suppose you have a diagram of the turret assembly so our technician can strip it down? Only manual I can find is online for £60! Zero chance of school buying that for us.

Thanks in advance,

Neil Brodie

(DrNBrodie at gmail.com)

[keith wainwright]

Hello please let me know the precise problem as I have striped a few of these and I may be able to assist. They are not very complex and parts and diagrams are on the Boxford website.

[Saracen]

Here's the page on the Boxford Spares site:

http://www.boxford-software.com/spares/160Turret2.html

I don't have a manual for it; I just dismantled slowly and made notes as I went.

My problem was also the indexing, in that the pressure from the springs on the pawl would stall the motor and stop the thing from turning. I cleaned it all out and re-greased it and it has been fine ever since.

Adrian.

[keith wainwright]

I did exactly the same for the same problem but I also increased the pulses and it helped a lot it also made locking more precise.

[Saracen]

I did wonder if the motor was getting weak but it seems to have been fine since.

Would changing the motors and/or drivers speed up the movement ? I'm still using the Boxford drivers and motors, but controlled with a PlanetCNC Mk2/4 board.

Adrian.

[DrBrodie]

Thanks for the spares link, it helped a lot. We have got inside and the issue seems quite obvious... 😂

[Saracen]

Ouch

[John wilkinson]

Hi

Not sure if you can help or not but I've got the same problem you had with the turret gear, I've bought a new gear from boxford but just wondered if the gear is timed up to the turret station stops in any way or is it just placed on the shaft with the gear teeth sitting any place you want, I'm assuming you have bought a new gear also and repaired the turret as apposed to buying a new one as they are so expensive?? Any help would be very much appreciated,

Thanks

John