Retro 1050 GE Controled Lathe

[Kevin Taylor]

I'v maybe made another questionable purchase in a LeBlond Tape Turn NC Lathe 19X54 LeBlond servo shift The Iron is nice but I don't know If I can ressuatate the control 1050GE It has DC servos with resolver's and hand wheels and joy stick on the apron seem's like a PC control should be a cake walk but look's like quite a job any ideas would be great Kevin Taylor

[Al_The_Man]

I retro fitted one once with a Mits M50 control, the original set up has resolvers on the handwheels and operated as a synchro system to enable it to be used in a Manual machining mode.
I have only ever seen this once in a CNC machine.
Al.

[Kevin Taylor]

Al I'm hoping to do this on the cheep did you reuse the servos and drives or could I. I'm waiting to hear back from the motor manufacture on the servo volt's and amp's no info on them except a part# A PC control is what I'm hoping for maybe emc and a gala card but I don't know that much about the control side of thing's did you retain the hand wheel's It would be nice like some of the newer toolrom lathes I also have a analim control with mits drives and sem motor's I could rob for part's Thank's Kevin

[Al_The_Man]

I did not reuse anything in the way of controller, drives or servo's, I believe they were ElectroCraft motors, but had OEM part number.
With Mits, it comes with all these supplied c/w AC servo's.
I did not attempt to keep the syncro/servo on the Handwheels.
You could use the existing motors with A_M-C. drives as long as the controller is analogue.
You would also need encoders on the motors.
Al.