Denford Novamill 1996 Conversion, Hints & Tips Appreciated

[Husky]

Thanks once again, m_c. I really do owe you a beer or two for taking the time to help!

5 - Not sure. Looks like it plugs into the Controller, so could be some kind of interface board. Where do the wires go?

It has a ribbon cable going to the Motion controller, it only has the two wires coming in at the bottom.

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I'm currently looking at these options:

KFLOP & KSTEP Bought in the US and stuffed in my case for £333.
SmoothStepper & 3x G251X 3.5A 50VDC Step motor drive Bought in the UK for £370
CSLABS CSM Bought in the UK £250. Still don't know if I can use this direct with the existing stepper board?

As much as I really want to go for the KFLOP as it looks like a neat package at a decent price... I would really want to buy from the UK if I can so I have easy support if something is faulty or goes wrong.

The next option would be the CSlabs box, that is if it will work with the existing drivers which I'm still not sure on.

Finally at the more expensive end of the spectrum there's the SmoothStepper, can buy from the UK and it seems a lot of people use them.


I might head over the the Denford forum and ask there now I know a bit more... Thanks :) I'll keep you updated.

EDIT: Found the correct page referencing the layout.

[m_c]

Something tells me that extra board could be for the 0-10V for the spindle drive, with the big ribbon cable simply being convenient for connecting things.

I've got to admit, I do have concerns for if any of my Dynomotion stuff dies, as delivery usually takes a couple weeks or so, mostly due to Customs clearance. However, I've not yet killed anything, and I do currently have a spare KFlop/Kanalog/Konnect bundle.

[dodgygeeza]

the step and direction signals on the cslabs controller are 5V. just the outputs are up to 30v.
Personally i would still go for the cslabs controller