Help Controller for a Lathe ?

Hi Timo,
There’s no rush on my end. I want to thoroughly research which control system to use first. The issue seems to be the two handwheels that can be used simultaneously. It worked well with Mach3 using two printer ports, but I’m looking for something more modern.
Hans

Holzwurm56 wrote:

Hi Timo,
There’s no rush on my end. I want to thoroughly research which control system to use first. The issue seems to be the two handwheels that can be used simultaneously. It worked well with Mach3 using two printer ports, but I’m looking for something more modern.
Hans

I don't beleive there is anything stopping you from using 2 mpgs at once. Its just most examples are based on a hand held encoder. See if you can find photos of Andy Pugh's lathe. I think it was a Holbtook. He has the two MPGs on it and he went as far as getting castings made  to match the original lathe.

It`s possible to post photos here? Then I could show some photos of my lathe.

Yes, use the picture icon above. There is a size limit do I usually download pics from Google photos by right clicking on the photo rather then getting the full size photo which will be too big; 

Hello,
here some photos from my lathe.
   

If you have a 7I96, it can support up to 4 MPG encoders directly on the isolated inputs
with the right firmware ( 7i96_inmd.bin )