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vtsteam:
Heh, check the image properties -- it's a linked image:

stevenson-engineers.co.uk/files/rotabcontrol.jpg


nice looking program...

Lionel:
Thanks for all the replies.

The image in my first post was copied from an old post that John Stevenson answered.

He mention that he knew of a program that would run off a laptop or a PC, I guess this image is from the program he was talking about, but no other info on what the program was.

I do have a Divisionmaster and rotary table from ArcEuro, but using it upright makes any small parts in the chuck too close to the quill on the mill.

So I am thinking of using a 25mm ER collet holder. Been looking for a harmonic drive to reduce backlash as need to mill 25mm bar on four sides.  The idea is to mount an ER collet holder through the harmonic drive with a bearing behind the collet holding end.

Hoping that the motor will hold against cutting forces.

This program that John Stevenson mentions sounds interesting and worth a look as there are a couple of old PC,s kicking around here.

The idea is to drip feed the program to the mill with Dolphin CadCam and find a way to signal the rotary fixture to move 90 degrees.  There is no option to send m code to the Divisionmaster as there is no M code output on the mill. (Prototrack MX3)

Could rig up a switch to nudge with the quill to signal the Divisionmaster.  maybe there is a way to get Dolphin CADCAM to send a signal down the wire that can be spliced off down another cable to the Divisionmaster.

Since the rotary table it very close to the quill, better option is to make up a simpler slimline indexer, hence the interest in this other option I came across in the earlier post on this forum, this software that John Stevenson mention may be a better way to solve this.

Lionel:

--- Quote from: awemawson on October 26, 2013, 11:55:05 AM ---Lionel,

Welcome to the madhouse!

Am I right in thinking that perhaps you don't have the program in question, just a frame grabbed image from the web? Tony Jeffrey some years ago devised a box of tricks called Divisionmaster, and was at one time selling kits, that functionally do exactly what you have there, but he presented the information differently. That could be an early prototype. I think Tony's kit are now being sold commercially but if you Google Divisionmaster both he and the kit will pop up. He's a nice chap and I'm sure would answer emails. He has subscribed to this forum (Tony_J) but I don't think he is active here.

--- End quote ---

What makes me think that John was talking about something different than Divisionmaster is that he mentioned a USB plug, black box and mains plug. As you know Divisionmaster is standalone, not used USB plug at any time, unless I'm wrong.

Brass_Machine:
There is a post from John S that has that screenshot

HERE

I would send John a PM.

Eric

krv3000:
hi and welcume

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