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9 years 2 months ago #97107 by CBRPER
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I own a Tormach 1100 mill. I upgrade the motors and VFD and ended up with a extra machine control board. www.tormach.com/store/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=31045
I also upgraded to PathPilot, I bought the $715.00 controller and have a restore CD.
I'm building a PC to mirror the PathPilot controller to the "T". I have a Fadal TRM with dead contol.
My plan is to run it with PathPilot and use ClearPath motors. I see a lot of guys digging deep into PathPilot to make it work on non Tormach machines.
Since I have a control board will I have all the issues everyone else is having getting PathPilot to run another machine?

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9 years 2 months ago #97118 by smgvbest
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You should be fine. you probably will need to tweak some things in the INI file to match your machine/motors but everything else should be good.

We have to do so much because we don't' have the Tormach control board.
And the further we wonder off the path the more we have to do.

I actually thought doing a DYI Tormach control board could make life easier on many.
But, I dont' know if you could sell it, or even open source it. legal stuff yuk

wouldn't stop me from doing my own, just my ability to share.
Thought of it more for a Mill than a lathe though.

Could I ask a big favor?
Could you take some good high res close up shots of the board (both sides) and send to me or post them?

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9 years 2 months ago #97119 by CBRPER
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Got to get my son ready for meet the teacher this afternoon.
I will be take some good pic's so you can read and relay#'s.

I'm not on the level you guys are but i was thinking, what if the control board could be duplicated via Arduino or something like that. Just post the program and let the guys buy the parts and build it there self?

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9 years 2 months ago - 9 years 2 months ago #97134 by CBRPER
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9 years 2 months ago - 9 years 2 months ago #97136 by CBRPER
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9 years 2 months ago #97138 by CBRPER
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I have some nice .JPG pic I took with my phone. I've tryed to upload then with my phone I've tried to upload the with my desk top but all i can see is a gray. If you want to send me your # I'll txt them to you or I'll email them.

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