Magnum CMC Lathe

[wolf63]

I hope it's not too late but i recently purchased from a school a Phoenix Ez CNC Wood Lathe with no software or manual. Could anyone help me our with the manual or photos of machine. I think there is a missing part on the cutter atatchment.

[bigdaddy472002]

I'll apologize ahead of time for the long post.

I bought a Phoenix CNC wood lathe for $200.00 in a GovDeals auction last Summer. Since then, I have done the following to get it running.

I bought an old Compaq PC for $75.00 and installed Linux operating system and EMC2 software. Linux and EMC2 are downloadable free from the Internet. EMC2 runs g-code programs.

I had to replace the power supply and stepper motor drivers. I bought two stepper motor driver boards and a breakout board from a company called Probotix. Cost was a little over $100.00 with cables and a new fan. I already had a suitable power supply.

I bought a parallel port (printer port) card for the PC because the one in the PC did not have a minimum 5-volt output required for the stepper motor drivers. Cost of the card was about $25.00.

The EMC2 software allows you to define the outputs for each pin on the parallel port card. I can post those or send them to you in an email if you need them. You use a standard printer cable to connect from the parallel card to the breakout board, and then two small cables to connect to the stepper motor driver boards.

I bought a replacement carbide cutter from Forest Scientific for $100.00. There is a man there named John who used to work for Phoenix. He knows a lot about the machines, and he has a lot of spare parts.

I hope this helps.

Big Daddy

[catmando69]

Hey bigdaddy472002 love the suggestion , I am trying to hook this thing up at my school (grade 12), I'm going the emc2 root, do I need to buy an aftermaket breakout board or will the on-bord original be fine. If you still have your program handy could you please email me your .ini or .hal config file. Thanks Dave. catmando69@gmail.com

[crazy insane]

For the last little while I have been trying to get the one at my school running. Unfortunately it only comes with a few of the software files. If somebody wanted to copy the programs and post them it would be greatly appreciated as this machine looks great sitting here and would be even better running.