Gildemeister NEF 480 Retrofit

Yesterday evening I failed to make real progress. Took me half evening to get my M-Codes executed, just to realise I am not able to map bash scripts to M codes < 100.
So trying again this evening with python. And then hopefully getting the q&d solution for the gearbox running.

Did I mention that I need more leisure time to get my hobby projects done...

With a lot of help of this forum and a midnight session yesterday, I got the first test of my two stage gearbox solution running



The gear selection is blocked while the spindle is running.
When the first gear set is changed the parameters of the second stage will be adjusted.

Now seeing what I have done with a night of sleep in between I might redo it...
It calculate the whole scale for both stages and insert it, so I only use the first stage for storing parameters.
So I can skip the first stage in hal and move that to my script. And the make ist neat maybe move it to python, make a nice dialog, find a way to get it in my post processor.... I see a lot of sleepless nights coming

But now it’s in an stage where I can start testing it with hardware... At least I thin so, till I fry something.

Did not do much on the lathe project this weekend, just finished some drawings:
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this will become the new lid for the console. Left are the holes for E-stop and the mpgs right the holes fo the touch screen.
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and the interface to fit the new encoder to the spindle.

maybe I'll fiddle around with the vcp later

You are making great progress. Nice lathe.
Mark

thanks, you are probably right it‘s just I wish I found more will to go to the shop after work.

Estop and the optional Modbus interface for the VFD arrived.
Also I spend the evening laying out the cabinet.
Now only the spindle encoder is missing for the electrical part.

What I am not sure about is how and where to put it relative to my mill and the lathe it self...

Started assembling the cabinet. The Mesa card is still not in there, but the rest. Next step is to wire this all up.