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PART 1 - Modifying a Fairchild 539A Record cutting lathe!

EpicenterBryan 3,962 7 years ago
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Here is another one of the my crazy projects. It involves modifying a 1940's Fairchild 539A Record Cutting Lathe for variable pitch (LPI) and adding a manual over-ride for lead-in and lead-out. Also added is a user interface which is an Nextion LCD touch screen display. The Touch screen communicates with an Arduino 2560 mega board. The Arduino switches DC voltages via relays into a unique "ramp and hold" circuit which emulates step motor acceleration and deceleration as discrete speed voltages are changed. The Analog voltages from the "ramp and hold" circuit then goes into a Voltage to Frequency Converter (V/F) to generate the step pulses for a Compumotor LE micro stepping motor drive. Blah, Blah, Blah. Does any out there care? More info on this project can be found here: https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7298

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