Centroid Acorn Orac ATC conversion

[Steve_p]

Hi I just thought I’d post a couple of pics of my Orac conversion here. I bought the lathe in 2006 and I’ve just got it going so maybe I win a prize for the slowest retrofit...

I went with Acorn because the software comes in a native lathe option, I’m really pleased I did- the conversational programming seems great, for example you just choose “thread” then you get a huge drop-down list of thread forms already in there. Also it was really easy to set up, a few clicks in the wizard and and bit of faffing for the ATC (soon they’re adding ATC setup for 3 or 4 bit grey code sensors etc to the wizard, which will make it even easier.)

Now I’ve finished this I’m moving on to the Triac VMC so I’ll report back in 2030 :)