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Thread: Adapting a jet mini lathe to an indexer?

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    I am probably going to put my plans for the lathe on hold seeing as Shopbot intends to include independant axis control i guess (I hope) with the next update according to ted hall. No set date for release but we'll just have to be patient. See (attn: ted hall post for details)

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    Jack
    you can cheat right now. if you use an independent pulse generator. you could put a switch on the pulse leads of the stepper to go from indexing to you separate one. there are some cheap ones on ebay

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    If you are the adventurous type (most of us are) you could use one of these pic microcontroller and make your own http://www.microchip.com/stellent/id...mp;nodeId=2591
    it comes with a usb connection and the software to program it

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    John thanks for the tip but unlike most of you i'm NOT the adventurous type! I'm not good at electrical circiutry (other then house wiring)so i would be hesitant to try something like you suggest. Ted says the axis control will be out soon so i think i will wait for that.

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