Here we go...

That's the one!
Attached is an image of the goodies. The image is not my machine, mine has the nMotion controller which is getting swapped out for a 7I76e and LinuxCNC.

Greetings,

The wiring looks nice and tidy.

Is the vendor installing the 1716e for you? Or, do you have to install it yourself?

Always nice to have someone supply a working machine.

I was also impressed with the Flame Hardened ways!

Looking forward to your next report.

Any chance you are in the Seattle, WA USA neighborhood?

Cheers,

Dave

Sadly no, the vendor is not installing the 7I76 for me. When the machine arrived, I went about setting up mach3. The motion was off and I couldn't find a machine profile for mach online. The 7I76 kept popping up in my searches and since I was never a mach3 expert, I thought why not give it a go?

Tonight I labeled all the important wires. After that I am going to remove the electronics panel from the back of the mill and put it on the wall. Then I will do the 7I76 install. Till then I will be compiling my rt kernel....

Geesh you'd think they'd supply a config for Mach3 and test it before sending the machine out.

Pretty poor form from the supplier.

Anyways Linuxcnc has a bit of learning curve during the initial setup but as you learn more you see how much easier it is than Mach3 to get thing just the way you like.

megaplow wrote: Till then I will be compiling my rt kernel....

No need for that! I know Linux has a reputation but sometimes things are reasonably easy.

Set the controller PC up with this installer image:

www.linuxcnc.org/testing-stretch-rtpreempt/

You will want one of the the amd64.iso files. (Probably the r9, but if that has trouble installing, try the r8)

Has anyone else done a PM-940-CNC? One of the guys I work with just got one and is looking to go the 7166E route as soon as they are in stock again. It actually is a pretty nice looking mill with a wide dovetails compared to the rest of the mills that size. It came with a 4th axis rotary table, but could be interesting with the Dakota 5 axis table setup that a group of CalPoly students made for HAAS OM mill. digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/mesp/305/ is the download of their paper with the drawings and parts list.
I was hoping to contact Megaplow and see how well his project went.

Fred