I recently purchased a machine but it has no controls. I have watched Marty's Acorn conversion videos and am impressed with his work. With that being said I am not a fan of centroids user interface an

Hi, I just bought a 1995 PC Turn 120, it has Windows 3.1, a very old WinNC and Sinumerik keyboard. I want to find a way to send programs directly via a DNC. Any help will be appreciated (RS232 pinout,

Hi folks, I'm selling my 120P lathe, and wanted to post it here first. Asking $1200 to move quickly. It is located in Boulder, Colorado, and while I can't arrange full freight services, I'd be happy t

I recently was given a pc turn 50 lathe and need help it came with a computer and monitor with a dead hard drive and two control panels. All I have done so far is turn the computer on and see the dead

My bearings are bad and needs replacing. The parts catalogue says it's standard 6006 2Z. But for precision parts, should'nt one get better tolerance than standard? The machine has held very nice toler

Hi I have more or less all documentation made for the t1 and tm02 controllers. Both mill and lathe Programming, instruction, electrical, MSD and MSD explanations and much more. Some I have as regular

Hi all, I'm wondering about the functional differences between T1 and T2. Has anybody worked on both in order to compare them? Is the T2 only easier in use or does the T2 offer functions or opportunit

Hey does anyone know the tool change command for the turret to change tools? I tried m06 T0101 and it says value too long. I also tried t01 and nothing. I’m able to press CTRL-1 and it rotated but not

Can someone upload their C:\WinNC directory for the PCturn50 and PCmill50? I’m having some issues with configuring. Thanks!

Thinking of selling my compact 5 lathe if anyone is interested as It not getting used enough. nick

The shield on my C5 was too dark and scratched so I decided to make a new one. I laser cut some acrylic and bent it using a strip heater. It came out really good, so I figured I'd post it here in case

Gentlemen, I kindly ask for your support My cnc 5 hangs, when the program reaches G78. In manual mode it shows rpm. When I switch from manual to cnc mode the indicator turns dark. Obviously it's becau

Hello Emco Lovers, i have a F1 and will make a Retrofit ! First problem is the Stepper Motor! The original shaft lenght is 24mm ....I find never a Motor with this Length....! What have do the Other wh

So i bought a compact 5 cnc some time ago mostrly to learn the basics needed for homegarage use. Everything has been working fine except the tool turret. Already from day 1 it acted a bit strange. Whe

Hello, I had an Emco pc turn 50. I saw the lathe working when I bought it. In transportation the computer mother board failed. I converted the lathe and gave it to my son. I kept the hard drive from t

Hi All, I found a short text about a research paper where a guy decoded the EMCO TCP signals. The network protocol used in communication was identified as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). To achie

Hello all. I was curious if anyone has the WINNC software. I have the MSD files, just don’t have an installation file of WINNC as the drive is corrupted. I’ll gladly pay for it. Thank you.

so as David suggested, Freedos was not compatible with running the lathe software, My teacher provided me with a bunch of floppy drives and I was able to download Dos 6.22 and then the lathe software.

Hi All, I've got an Emco F1 Woodworker in quite good condition. I assumed, that I just need to change the beltgears between electricmotor and spindle to change the ratio from 8000rpm to 2000rpm. Today

I have emco pcturn55 in a perfect working order hardly used updated already to latest win98 to accept flash usb, am asking $2500 for the whole unit with pc, if not sold within a week planning to conve