The Oriental Motors are getting to be old technology. Newer motors that provide a whole lot more OOmph in the same size package make the machine faster and more accurate. If you look at the pix that I posted earlier you will be able to see my new Clearpath motors. Those little guys can provide up to one horsepower in short bursts. They are completely computer controlled, have internal computers in each motor and I have them set up for 3200 pulses per revolution versus the 800 pulses that is baked in to the old ones. Not as important, but kind of nice, is that they are also silent in operation.
The Acorn operation program and interface is another nifty thing. I now have a touch screen and far more flexibility than I ever had with the Shopbot control setup. The picture I am attaching shows the interface on my 27 inch touch screen. NO ONE needs glasses to read this thing!
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