Boxford 125 tcl won't work

[mark67]

Hi all,
I have just taken the plunge and bought myself a boxford 125 tcl.
As soon as i got it home i couldn,t wait to get it fired up, i plugged it in to the mains turned on the isolator on the back, the reset/power button lit up and that's it, the spindle wil not start the, the slides will not jog, basically it wil not work in manual.
The manual button lights up when pressed so does cycle stop and single step so the power is going in but nothing works.
If any body can tell me what i'm doing wrong or what might be wrong i would REALLY appreciate it.
I also got a pc with the machine but i think something is missing because the ribbon that comes out of the back of the machine will not fit into the parallel port.
I'm really frustrated and disapointed.
Many thanks for reading this......Mark

[allanwinks]

Hi Mark
I have recently accuired a similar lathe, it to will do nothing from the lathe controls.
To cut a long story short I looked at the boards for a makers name and traced him via the net. He informed me that the lathe is supposed to be completley dead untill it is conected to the computer via the correct interface.
The interface still available from him will soon be installed, so fingers crossed.
Hope this helps.

[mark67]

Hi Mark
I have recently accuired a similar lathe, it to will do nothing from the lathe controls.
To cut a long story short I looked at the boards for a makers name and traced him via the net. He informed me that the lathe is supposed to be completley dead untill it is conected to the computer via the correct interface.
The interface still available from him will soon be installed, so fingers crossed.
Hope this helps.

Hi allanwinks,
Thanks for reply, if the machine is supposed to be dead until connected to interface then that gives me some hope.
Is there any chance you could let me have his contact details so i can sort the interface out too?
I am hoping to update boxford 125 so i can connect to a modern pc running mach 3 but not sure on what to get and where to get it.
Please let me know how you get on too, with your installation.
Many thanks....Mark