The following photos have been uploaded to the 3.5 " Floppy Drive album of the Emco-CNC-Users@groups.io group. IMG_1834.JPG IMG_1835.JPG IMG_1836.JPG By: Keith

Keith added the album 3.5 " Floppy Drive: £.5" Floppy Drive and Interface Card Keith added the album 3.5 " Floppy Drive: 3.5 " Floppy Drive and Interface Card

I got it sorted! This 10K pot was the problem. I didn't notice it until I pulled the board out. It is in series with the main pot and is used to calibrate the actual feed speed to match the dial on th

Hi, I’m looking for the circuit diagram for the spindle motor drive board. Having intermittent problems with motor whereby occasionally it makes a strange twanging noise with a glitch in high current

Hi, I have just joined your group having brought home a 2002 PCT55-11 from an auction yesterday. I have the old PC and CRT monitor and will give it a try today, although not holding out much hope due

Hello I am using MFI to program the Emco F1 milling machine. I would be interested to know if there is any MFI compliant post processor. On the other hand, has anyone used the EMCObasic CAD / CAM? Tha

Hello all! I just got a Compact 5 CNC, but the stepper motors won't move slow. I can use the rapid function and move both axes quickly. When I try to move them slow, they stall. Since it happens to bo

Emco appears to have pulled out all the stops and cannot find an archived copy of WinCam for the AC_88 Axis Controller. Several years ago they sent me the WinCam_AC95 by mistake and I could never inst

I have a new to me Compact 5 CNC in the 5xxx serial range that has a bug I'm trying to locate. Feeds on both X and Z are running very slow only when in hand mode. Max speed is 2" per minute when the p

To all I am trying to get a part programmed on the PCmill50. I used to have a friend wo was a EMCO dealer in Arizona but he passed away earlier this year. My problem is with G02 & G03, keep getting th

I get this error sometimes out of the blue, but today because the spindle load got too high.(Chips were clogging around the spindle).; If I reset it goes away for 5 seconds. If I reboot I get no error

Does anyone have a copy of the operating instructions and software for using the WELturn card?

Hi, guys, I have a welturn card that id like to install and it did come with a 10 pages installation instructions but I lost it while moving my shop twice. Would anybody around here have a copy or can

Hi guys, I have a welturn card but no hardware installation documents, I know it did came with a 10 pages document, which I have lost while moving my shop twice. Can anybody scan the document ? I woul

Hi all, I've managed to get the AC88 WinNC to run on the PC, but I believe I need different folders. The folders supplied are Fan0.m, and Mill50. If you have them, please can you upload: Fan0.t Mill10

Hello, I just bought a 220p sans controls. Fabrication number A7P B5 B6 016. Where can I find a manual covering the mechanical aspects? Thanks! Ned

Hi I want to convert my old Compact 5 CNC to use Nema 23 motors. I have most of the bits already, but I am having trouble sourcing the stepper motors. Measuring the original motors, it looks like I ne

Hi, In my previous topic "PC Turn 55 - Info for a newbie", J G kindly advised that the smoke seen from my AC95 module may come from a degraded capacitor. I have removed the AC95 from the PCT55 and loo

Hi All, I use a PC 50 lathe which turns a slight taper (wider by 0.0018" at 2" out from the headstock). Is there a way to adjust the headstock? I took the cover off and the prismatic shape of the fron

I have owned my compact 5 probably 15 years, but have never even started it until now, when I suddenly had a good space for it. There were some problems getting monitor and rs232-communication up and