Well I always seem to think things will just fall into place. See: viewtopic.php?f=54&t=3576 This will be easy to make a suitable connector, and I can run that directly to my step driver. (I think/hope) On the Nextep card, there is a header with access to all step /direction output. The Nextstep card is from my lathe anyways, so I'm not loosing any function by downgrading it to a denstep card. The reason for this: the nextstep card has 4 step/dir outputs where the denstep only has 3. I have not tested the two together, but that is coming soon In order to control the stepper driver, I will be swapping in a nextstep card for my micromill's Denstep. I mounted that under the spindle controller. Among this "junk" was a stepper driver that coincidentally uses the same L2**** chip that the control board uses. After shortening some 10/32 bolts, the table mounted firmly on to the bed As for controlling the stepper, I had picked up some random electronics from a gentleman at a garage sale. ![]() I made up some T nuts at work, (just buy T nuts lol) and drilled in some new mounting holes. The next problem was mounting the table on to my mill's bed. I replaced it with a thumb wheel that I turned and knurled at work. ![]() It had a stepper and an encoder on it, but i opted not to keep the encoder, as it has its own set of difficulties. I was able to snag a sherline rotary table off of ebay for a pretty good deal. I have already initiated this project, but figured I would document what I have done thus far with some pics.
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