I will be interested to hear how you get on with the Clough42 system.
I totally agree that it the expenditure on mechanics, drives, steppers
and Power supplies is the major part of a system.
Again interchangeability is easy, I can swap from my lathes ELS to CNC
in a few minutes, and with initial design thought could swap over to a
different ELS.
Good Luck
Richard
On 11/02/2020 18:13, alexphredorg wrote:
> I used Clough42 because it is very well documented both in hardware
> installation and software design and covered my needs. It is a simpler
> system than most (for instance it has limited UI options based on the
> 8 digit display and some fixed LED) with less functionality as a
> result.? I will likely improve that over time, maybe adding a better
> display and more functionality.? The good documentation (both written
> and through YouTube videos) made it pretty straight forward to figure
> out how to adapt it to my lathe.
>
> It's also pretty easy to swap out the actual control logic between
> these ELS systems.? The microcontroller and code are the cheap part of
> the system, the stepper or servo drive and custom brackets and pulleys
> is a bigger investment in money and time.
>
> alex
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> *Subject:* Re: [digitalhobbyist] RELS project info wanted #RELS
> I have put the Sketch and a Spreadsheet in the "Files" area. The
> Spreadsheet is used to generate the system parameters for "Your" lathe.
> This is based on Metric values only for the moment. However the only
> time you might be aware of that is that the "Feed" pitches are in
> Metric. The unit will happily install and run on an imperial machine.
> Metric and Imperial thread pitches LH and RH are both available, Manual
> and Automatic, together with the ability to cut any taper Internal or
> External.
> I will be doing a write up on the system to explain what it can do in
> the near future.
> I would be interested to know why you picked on the Clough42 system for
> your lathe.
> Good Luck
> Richard
>
>
> On 10/02/2020 16:02, alexphredorg wrote:
> >
> > Is there a GitHub or other page for the RELS project being discussed
> > on this list? ?I think I’ve read all of the posts but never found a
> > summary page or link to the source code.
> >
> > I’m currently adding an electronic leadscrew to my Emco Compact 10
> > using the Clough42 system but I’m curious to see other similar
> > alternatives.
> >
> > thanks,
> > alex
> >
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