Boxford 260 CMC 1989 mod
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26 Dec 2024 23:55 #317444
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Getting this working again.
Poor Phil has been sitting still for 6 years.
I dont know why its named phil.
Its a "training machine from back when.
real solid. Looks skimpy, but it suprised me when i got to test run it.
Boxford 260 CMC 1989 mod was created by Rune_cnc
Getting this working again.
Poor Phil has been sitting still for 6 years.
I dont know why its named phil.
Its a "training machine from back when.
real solid. Looks skimpy, but it suprised me when i got to test run it.
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27 Dec 2024 00:03 #317445
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Replied by tommylight on topic Boxford 260 CMC 1989 mod
Seems easy enough, the board has all the pins written on it, so wire a power supply, get an old PC with parallel port and install LinuxCNC from the downloads page, wire the Xclk and Xdir and the rest of Y and Z, test.
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27 Dec 2024 14:20 #317474
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Yeah just showing off the machine.Im putting mesa card as replacement. Do you know if there is a retro look user interface. For the linuxcnc.
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27 Dec 2024 14:32 #317476
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There are a lot of GUI's included with LinuxCNC, you can find them by starting it from the main menu in the config picker, most are under SIM folder and all those run without any hardware so you can run and test them as much as you like.
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28 Dec 2024 00:02 #317521
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It's called "Phil" to rhyme with "Mill".
Maybe they also had a Dave the Lathe?
Where did you get it from? This has a vague feeling of hackspace humour.
Maybe they also had a Dave the Lathe?
Where did you get it from? This has a vague feeling of hackspace humour.
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28 Dec 2024 00:05 #317522
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Boxford have been making machine tools for a long time:
www.lathes.co.uk/boxford/index.html
And are still around today:
www.boxford.co.uk/cnc-machining-centres/
www.lathes.co.uk/boxford/index.html
And are still around today:
www.boxford.co.uk/cnc-machining-centres/
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05 Jan 2025 23:15 #318179
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Yea phil rime i get it.
And we do have the mini lathe too.
Been at a school in norway.
Sitting still for 6 years.
Got it working again.
But need to add safety stuff like e stop limit sensor ect
And we do have the mini lathe too.
Been at a school in norway.
Sitting still for 6 years.
Got it working again.
But need to add safety stuff like e stop limit sensor ect
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