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Where do you live Bill?

Roger

Only 10 years? There's many projects in sheds that's taken that and more before they are finished if ever

Ah, the floodgates are opening now

I'm currently building the MPCNC from **LINK** It's a resizable cnc router type m/c that uses NEMA 17's , steel tubing and 3d printed parts to create a work platform for 3d printing, milling ally and steel, laser work et al.

It would not be a replacement for my small mill but it will give me an alternative and also the skills for cnc'ing my mill.

Hi Emile, welcome, the natives are ok mostly, not eaten a newbie lately.

What are you thinking of building?

Roger

Who's going to build a model then? working of course

Sean, another possible source for help is bigclivedotcom, he has excellent reverse engineering skills and could be willing to help with your board. His email address is [email protected]

This one from Banggood is what I bought - AC90V-260V Input DC110V Output 8A PWM DC Motor Speed Controller Driver Speed Governor. Currently at £42

**LINK**

search on youtube for "treadmill motor conversion", that will keep you occupied for a bit. What ever you do don't dump it as they are a very popular motor.

Without seeing the rest of the electrics as they were it's difficult to say yay or nay.

Normally there would be a display board which sits between the 2 handles and has a failsafe key and then one or two boards down the front. if there were two boards and you have the correct one it could work, if there was only one board then you probably need the display as well.

It would be worth trawling through youtube videos on treadmill motors as they are popular for converting to 1 x 72" belt grinders.

These treadmills often need the display board to function properly, at the very least there will be a speed sensor that needs to be triggered to allow the power to be applied, no rotation sensed, no go.

The power supplies I mentioned have a speed pot on them so that they will vary the speed.

It won't be 250 vdc it'll be circa 110 vdc as it's half wave.

You can get power supplies from Banggood and other reputable chinesium suppliers.

Well said Dave, what all of you need to remember is that Windows 10 and it's predecessors are targeted at the commercial market firstly and then the public market.

Hackers are working 24/7 to get ways in to access data and some of the updates are there to protect the user and their data.

You will be the first ones to shout murder if you had your personal details lifted and sold to the highest bidder to use for whatever. but if you refuse to accept updates who then is responsible?

Don't forget MS Windows is not the only operating system under attack, Apple OS, Android, Linux and all its versions even down to Rasbian and its flavours, if it's connected to the internet it is open to attack.

Roger

Danny, I assume, as your data/video is fully backed up? Ha of course it is, silly question.

Windows 10 is meant to be the last issue of Windows so updates are the method of continuous improvement and securing against attacks into the operating system that 'security scanners' only pick up after their virus database has been updated and downloaded, But there are methods into the operating system that the scanners will see as 'legit'

Do the updates.

Roger

Ha ha been there done that.... would offer but it's my back you know, think it was getting my lathe up a flight of steps!!!

Hi Donald, welcome to the forum and the Denham Junior gang There are a few of us here although I think we keep it a bit quiet

I've nearly finished restoring mine, just have a qctp to complete and install a 1.2kw 3 phase motor and vfd

I think I have a pdf copy of the manual if you pm me your email address.

Regards

Roger

It's on Ebay at 1p start for 4 days, search for selig sonnenthal

Roger

Could look at a fuel motor or 2, maybe a scale diseisel one?

Roger

Banggood is a good place to go and reaaonably quick delivery too.

A bit of a story about these lathes Baz, they were built in '62/63 and installed in the Rank Xerox toolroom. with the demise of RX in the UK they were auctioned off and went into barn storage for about 6 years and then were offered to us on ongoing loan. They literally came as last used, swarf and all.!!

Today I helped collect a Schaublin 12 mill for our new men's shed, going to be an interesting rebuild project!!!

That will then join our 2 Harbinge lathes, 1 imperial and one metric complete with collets, change wheels, oh just say fully equipped.

Never thought this kind of kit would be willingly donated, kind gobsmacked.

Roger