I now use BobCAD and V27 has really come of age, once you get to grips with it it is very fast and produces excellent code/toolpaths. If by Lathe software you mean CAD/CAM then there is really not too much about that is free or very cheap.įairly cheap is Dolphin which I used to use and I liked a lot, it has a few annoyances but produces good code once you get into the swing of it, the CAD side however I did not like at all, so I never used that side of it. If so then if the ones you have now work then I would just stick with them for the time being, cyou can always swap out for newer ones at a later date.

I think you may be meaning the stepper drives rather than the steppers themselves? I'm will to donate that to anyone who would like a dabble.

I do have a spare processor board but sadly it does not work at all. What I need is someone who is conversant with the machine and it's electronics to give me some pointers. Now this is all very odd because it is clear that the machine knows where to position the facing tool and the parting tool because I programmed a test cut on a rod 25 mm long. This lack of positional feedback makes it impossible to do any homing with the tools. The Spindle speed DRO also remains at zero. They do not respond to axis movement in any direction. The DRO's give garbled or no data at all. Right now I have the TCL160 running under XP and have all functions bar the DRO update on screen. I might leave it for now and concentrate on getting the lathe working as it was originally intended. I have completely upgraded my Chesters bench mill to mach3 and have made my own flat bed CNC running with Mach3 and Aspire but I know my limits. I can easily wire in some steppers and install driver boards etc etc but programming and understanding it is beyond me. Sounds all very complex that to me Hood my friend.

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