the moment when you click a random video on youtube and see the sticker of a company you used to work for within the first minute, crazy small world.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
What? Schachermayer? How cool is that! What is this company and why they needed this small CNC lathe? Pretty crazy how small the world sometimes is :)
@The_Black_Sun917 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter Schachermayer is essentially a big warehouse full of building materials, tools, etc. I worked in the warehouse and hauled around door and window frame parts etc, essentially everything above 1 meter. I think the machine was never actually used there but rather sold through them and maintained by schachermayer but that is mostly just guess work. you should still be able to google them they are big and are around since 1800 something. only thing that kinda changed is the street because after they modernized and got bigger they got their own adress.
@philippatzlesberger6 ай бұрын
@@The_Black_Sun91 i clicked the video and was like: is that dude from linz which is 30mins away from me :D
@The_Black_Sun915 ай бұрын
@@philippatzlesberger close-ish
@izemanevobike4 ай бұрын
Und ich fahr einmal die Woche vorbei und wir hatten unser Büro 100m entfernt :)
@jrEwing-lo4ky7 ай бұрын
My high school had one of these I learned how to program it my senior year 1990. Was the start of my machinist career.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Lovely memories I guess :) Very cool :)
@lucianociri7 ай бұрын
Me to 😊
@partyalldaypartyallnight10577 ай бұрын
1999 here. We had the red emco. Ah.... joy feels.
@kritikatura6 ай бұрын
Me too, in 1987-88.
@mazchen5 ай бұрын
Was this machine sold to serious shops or just schools?
@IkarimTheCreature7 ай бұрын
Wow that's a gorgous machine and the cassette player memory is a real retro future quirk, congratulations!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your comment! It's a really cool old retro machine :)
@limauais16707 ай бұрын
Honest question how does it work I never see cassette player memory I saw plenty of cassette music player
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
@@limauais1670 I can't say exactly but somehow the g-code program is written onto the cassette. You can save several minutes of programming on these small cassettes. I haven't managed to bring my cassette player back to life yet but I hopefully will. Perhaps I make a video on this.
@filopat677 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter It's a DAT-cassette, the code is in digital format in the tape. Basically the same as in any other digital storage system, just on a magnetic tape.
@kritikatura6 ай бұрын
@@filopat67 We used a standard CompactCasette MINI for it. The prepared programs were saved and could be used later. Quite a lot of programs fit on a 60-minute tape. Unfortunately, it was a long time ago, so I can't give you a specific number. Its biggest flaw is that the cassette door can be opened during program copying, so you could destroy the entire cassette if you opened the door. This was later corrected. I studied like this (Mark III upgrade) for almost 2 years.
7 ай бұрын
22:09 Cover of the machine saying "TROLLED" right when you are talking about the backlash is excellent framing
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Oh wow, I haven't noticed that :D What a coincidence :D
@elluisito0007 ай бұрын
I recently learned that cassettes were used to store data, nice to see that here too. Thanks for sharing
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! I couldn't get the cassette deck running yet, but I will try my best.
@LegendsRacer377 ай бұрын
Sweet, we had one of these in my Vo-Tech robotics class back in 90/91. We modified it so that the chuck open/close and cycle start could be triggered by a Eaton flat pack PLC. We loaded and unloaded the chuck with a pneumatic pick and place robot controlled by the same PLC.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Wow that sounds amazing! How do you manage to remotely control the chuck? Never seen a such small pneumatic chuck. Would be extremely cool to have one. I guess you don't have pictures of this machine out of this time haven't you?
@LegendsRacer374 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter Sorry for the late response. The PLC had dry contact relays, and a line was run from the control panel on the lathe to the PLC. I believe it was a single button on the panel the PLC was wired to and the lathe was programed to open the chuck on the first pulse, close it on the next, then start the turning operation on the third. There was also a signal back to the PLC for when the lathe was finished turning the part. I don't have photos, but I do have a video copied from an old VHS. When I get a chance I'll upload it and send you a link.
@WeCanDoThatBetter4 ай бұрын
@@LegendsRacer37 Hi, thanks for your reply! It would be extremely cool, if you can upload or send me the video of the machine/chuck via email. Do you know which company the chuck was?
@LegendsRacer374 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter No, unforntuntatly I don't know who made the chuck, if it's visible in the video I've never noticed.
@LegendsRacer374 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter I just emailed you the link to the unlisted video of the lathe as setup in our class in 1992. The video is of 1992 quality as well 🙂 The subject line is: Re: I Bought a 1980's Mini CNC Lathe | Emco Compact 5 CNC Hope you enjoy it!
@gmanyow6 ай бұрын
Beautiful! I bought one of these a few years ago and use it a lot. Great little machine for it's size and the turret is so fun to use!
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
Hi and thank you very much for your comment! Nice to hear, you have one too. I really like this little machine.
@PatrickHoodDaniel7 ай бұрын
The manual looks to be made somewhat enjoyable to read. This looks like a fun project! The carriage design could have been made in such a way that the tools don't interfere, but maybe that was not needed since the tools should stick out as far as it should to keep rigidity. It would be nice to see a turret that accepts tools for boring as well. The first thing you should make with this machine are replacement potentiometer knobs.
@bidgi087 ай бұрын
You can put boring tools on this turret :)
@PatrickHoodDaniel7 ай бұрын
@@bidgi08 Cool!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! Yes, that manual book is pretty cool. Like the style of these old school educational documents. The turret takes boring tools as well. The 3 10mm bores are for boring bars. You mean replacement knobs that I don't need to blurr them anymore? Or why? :)
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Yes in the 3 10mm holes.
@PatrickHoodDaniel7 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter I noticed the lower knob was a bit out of concentricity with respect to the potentiometer shaft.
@TheFoxrangerАй бұрын
I'm glad and not surprised that you're part of the metric team ! Love it
@TheUncleRuckus7 ай бұрын
Congrats on the new machine, I'm excited to see it incorporated into future builds! 👍👍
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I'm really exited too to really use it. Unfortunately I have to fix a few things first...
@Paul-FrancisB7 ай бұрын
Wow that has just taken me back to 1988 when I was going through the apprentice workshops at British Aerospace,
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
I hope these are good memories :) I really like the machine.
@peterparsons71417 ай бұрын
You do a very good job explaining the machine function, and looks like a very interesting project. I know nothing about CNC, so your 5 minute demonstration of the operation was perfect.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your kind comment and feedback. I really do appreciate that. Happy to hear you like my work! :)
@mazchen5 ай бұрын
Oh nice. Learned programming CNC on such a model back at tech school in late 80's. In my memory it looked much more ... potent 😂
@JanBinnendijk7 ай бұрын
I made my First CNC Chips on a "Compact 5 CNC" as well.. like many others who were in school in the 80's... 10 Years ago, i got myself my own Compact 5 CNC, and 3 years ago i got myself an EMCOturn 120, Now i own both machines. to be honest.. while the EMCO Compact 5 CNC was a really easy machine to learn programming and making your first CNC Chips.. now i would prefer a "Compact 6" or EMCOturn 120 anytime . Do be aware that most, if not all EMCO Compact 6 CNC's have the Mk1 Toolchanger, with the Maltese Cross (a bit like the EMCO 5 toolchanger, but with 8 tools) where the Mk2 Version, EMCOturn 120, has a Disc-type, with 8 identical Slots, you do need special boringbar holders for that.. but, you can put whatever tool, wherever you want.. Why would i prefer a "120" over a Compact 5?.. the Compact 5 is Too basic.. , it has NO Tooltable, NO MachineCoordinate System, NO Workpiece Coordinate systems that can be stored. When making programs with multiple tools, you have to call the offsets of every tool when loading that tool.. that is like a convoluted mess, because there is no tooltable. and.. when you start your machine and you didn't write down the position.. you have to "re calibrate" every thing.. and if one tool is off.. all of the tools are off.. the EMCOturn 120 /Compact6 either have the M1 or TM02 Control, i haven't used the M1 ever, mine has the TM02, and while it is a bit old, it is a great CNC Control. G84?.. Yup.. it has that.. as well as many others.. , and it has a Tooltable for 99 Tools, and i has machine Coordinates, and Workpiece Coordinates, and!.. it has this Cool trick.. the Toolchanger has 8 positions.. most people use tools 1-8.. but i have more than 8 tools., A Toolchange is like T0101Meaning Toolchange Position 1, Tool 1, but if you need another tool and you don't need tool 1, you take it out, place tool .. 13?.. in position 1, so you then program T0113, meaning Position 1, Tool 13.. That also means you can store one tool with multiple orientations, like a grooving tool with the reference left or right.. I have put EdingCNC on my Compact 5 CNC, and i did go through the hassle of programming.. but that is because i like that.. , put modern 2Nm steppermotors on it (6.35 mm shaft fits rightaway, you only have to flip the Z-axis Pully around, otherwise the shaft is too short.. a 0.5Nm stepper on the ATC, resulting in a faster and way more accurate machine.. Oh.. and about the 0.0138 Mm resolution?.. the Ballspindels have a 1:2.5 reduction, and a 2.5 mm Pitch.. meaning 1 rev of the stepper is 1 mm 1mm/72 steps= 0.0138 mm /step.. That's Why!...🤣
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
Hi and thank you for your detailed comment! And sorry for my late reply... In fact, my first plan was to buy an Emco Compact 6 CNC. I already had a machine in mind but unfortunately the seller didn't answer anymore. In addition to that I got the advice to better start with the Compact 5 CNC to enter the CNC world. I first was a little bit disappointed but now I think it was the right choice and the right machine to begin with. First of all it is smaller and has 220V. In my shop I don't have 380V so that's a problem for a bigger machine. But I'm definitely thinking of some day adding an Emco Compact 6 or 120 to my shop. Unfortunately they seem to be pretty rare.. We'll see. Thanks for all the hints on the machine and for sharing your experiences. Have you done anything to oil the slides of the Compact 5? There are no oil holes. I will definitely add some kind of lubrication system.
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
I now watched a little bit through your youtube channel. I've seen that you even machine titanium on your compact 5 cnc. That is really promising :) The chuck you use for the watchcase machining looks very interesting. Never seen this. What sort of chuck is this?
@JanBinnendijk6 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter an EMCOturn 120 Rare?.. Since most of these come from schools, there are quite some on the market is my experience.\ Not having 380 Volts in your workshop is an issue though.. you do need that if you want to run a "120" or a Compact 6.. I started with my Compact 5 CNC, but ran into the problem with the tool turret, only having 6 positions.. while i needed at least 8.. I then decided i wanted a "120" with the MkII Toolturret with 8 identical mounts, giving me the freedom to mount anything i want anywhere on the turret.. (i even have 1 toolholder with 2 tools on it). I put EdingCNC on my Lathe shortly after i got it, and that was a good thing, machine became more accurate, and faster. Oiling?.. that's just Squeezing a dab of oil on the sliding surfaces, a Lubricationsystem is also high on my list, as well as an enclosure around the machine..
@JanBinnendijk6 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter Yes, i indeed machine titanium on my EMCO Compact 5.. the dutch importer was gobsmacked when he heard that..he said that the Compact 5 was only meant for Non Ferrous Metals... "Well.. Titanium is Non-Ferrous.. so what's the problem?..." That answer caught him completely off guard... As long as you "listen to the machine" you can machine anything.. Hardened Steel?.. haven't tried that yet.. but i'm sure it can be done, i already did hardmilling of hardened steel on a Proxxon MF 70 Mill... The Chuck i use for the watchcases, is basically an inside-out Collet, i made a holder that mounts to the spindle with a Ø34 mm seat in it, and a threaded rod through it, with a knob on the left hand side of the headstock..the Chuck expands when tightening the threaded rod, by pulling a cone into the collet..
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
@@JanBinnendijk Thanks for the explanation of the collet chuck. Sounds really interesting. And cool to hear what the machine is capable of doing :) Cant't wait to get mine finally working...
@lusher007 ай бұрын
I saw one of these for sale on facebook a few months back for around $2k. It looked like a decent machine but I didn’t have the time or energy to do any research. Thanks for making the video.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment!
@memyself32757 ай бұрын
We had one of these at MCVTS where I went to school during my apprenticeship. Our instructor didn't know how to use it and shat all over it and me for wanting to learn how to use it. We only had a "Shop class" in our 4th year so I kinda knew how to run everything else, so that was a disappointment. Will be watching with interest for future updates.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your comment! Seems that quite some people here know the machine from their apprenticeship :)
@WUdhuozouz7 ай бұрын
Beautiful machine! Really looking forward to the lathe improvement videos. Maedler sells 8x2mm ball screws for 25Bucks...(250mm long)
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your comment! Yes, it is a beautiful machine! The lathe needs 8x2,5mm ballscrews. That is a little bit odd. A special pitch - unfortunately...
@halilinusi7 ай бұрын
hi bro, congratulations you got a new toy, after this you can put your hands behind your back while watching your new toy work~malaysia boy🇲🇾
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Oh yes, that is so cool! :) Thank you :)
@captianmorgan76277 ай бұрын
8:18 It's weird to see "schritt" used in this way. I'm used to seeing it as a unit of length (a 'pace'). Where 1 Schritt = 75.85936 cm.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Interesting. Seems to be an old unit for measuring lenghts. Here it means step of the stepper motor.
@captianmorgan76277 ай бұрын
It was used for distance markings on the rear sights of Austro-Hungarian rifles until sometime the early 1900s when they were switched to meters.
@Goatee_yay6 ай бұрын
Wow.... couldn't click this fast enough. First cnc I ever ran in HS. Own a digital fabrication shop now.
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
Hi, cool to hear! Thanks for sharing your story :)
@VanFlausch7 ай бұрын
What a lovely little lathe! Cant wait to see more of this Projekt
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! :) I really like the machine.
@filopat677 ай бұрын
I have the exactly same machine, but of course without the button panel and the display panel. I still have the original DAT cassette unit installed. I run the machine connected to an old PC via RS232. I have a program on the PC to create and simulate programs, and I upload them to Emco via RS232. I also have a LCD-display for the computer and I can also see Emco's own display on that. It's a great little machine and I got it super cheap! I love it!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for your comment! Which software do you use for creating and simulating the programs? Still looking for some options. Do you have pictures of your machine? And good for you the machine was cheap. Mine wasn't. In fact it was pretty expensive...
@filopat677 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter The program is called Mikes Free Interface. I think it's still available for download on internet. I paid 250 Euros for my Emco, I honestly don't know if that's cheap or not, but I thought it was cheap. My lathe is not as clean looking as yours, but everything works. It has the same problem of retracting too little on thread cutting cycle though.
@partyalldaypartyallnight10577 ай бұрын
Nice find! I wound up ordering the beginning of the parts to get same features out of a seig type. Can find compact 5 often in manual but not cnc. Luck of the draw! Ive been subbed a while so look forward to seeing what you do witb it.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your kind comment! Which lathe do you have? Thanks for subscribing! I really do appreciate that :)
@jokoluna69787 ай бұрын
Das Intro hat mir richtig gut gefallen, Schnitt und Ton/Musik sind sehr toll gemacht! Also ich bin gespannt wie sich die Maschine schlägt, wenn sie wieder fit ist!
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
Hey, das ist lieb! Vielen Dank, freut mich sehr, dass dir das Video gefallen hat. Ist immer extrem viel Arbeit und ganz soo gut kam es diesmal leider nicht an. Bin gerade dabei, die Maschine wieder auf Vordermann zu bringen.
@oleksandrshulha74513 ай бұрын
Hi. I dont know if anyone already mentioned it, but you can purchase new 100mm chuck with this method of mounting through the center of it. It is called 'k01-100b Sanou'. There is also 80mm version, 'K01-80b Sanou'. I dont know if the size of the mounting holes are equivalent thought.
@Carnold_YT7 ай бұрын
What a great find, I never knew these lathes existed. This will be interesting to follow!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks! It's a really cool little machine.
@vukaankuka29017 ай бұрын
Awesome !! I got similar but manual,and i turn it to cnc... still in progress
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot! Good luck for your project! I'm happy my machine is already a full cnc type :)
@mike95007 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 “I N C H. Don’t know what the H that is”. 😂😂😂 you crack me up! Haha that was awesome!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
:D Thanks my friend ;)
@nealpedigo28427 ай бұрын
Curious as to why the potentiometers knobs are blurred…..
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Because they sometimes reflect my image.
@nealpedigo28427 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter that is a very good reason. Thank you.
@TheUncleRuckus7 ай бұрын
Was wondering the same lol
@jesperwall8397 ай бұрын
We had Emco in school in the 90’s. Quality machines for sure!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Yes, they definitely are. After 40 years still working.
@pirminkogleck40567 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter i am glad you share your Journey ! welcome to the Emco Family :)
@JGRush7 ай бұрын
Very Nice video. A few years ago I took CNC classes at Santa Rosa Junior College, in California - we used this machine. I have the software we used to create programs for this - from Emco - If you would like I can probably email it to you as an attachment - it originally came on a single 3.5" floppy disk! It is actually pretty cool software - if you have a PC running windows 98 - I run it in a virtual machine. As far as I know it is in English only, however. Cheers! John
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Hi and many thanks for your kind comment! Nice to hear, you used the machine too. It would be so cool, if you can send me the original software. I have heard about it and even downloaded it somewhere but just couldn't get it running. It would be extremely nice, if you can send me the software and perhaps help a little bit with installing. I actually bought an extra laptop with win98 but the program doesn't work. Have you managed to run it on win98? I think it's best, you contact me via email. You find the email in the channel infos. Thank you very much :) !!
@johnpekkala69417 ай бұрын
I remember we had a lot of these at my school but I never got to try them.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Wow! A lot of them, sounds like heaven o: !
@chyrt6 ай бұрын
wow what is not to love about this machine!
@pirminkogleck40567 ай бұрын
i love the retro control pannel !!!!!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Me as well!
@janbeck82697 ай бұрын
What a gem!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
It definitely is! :)
@y2ksw17 ай бұрын
Backlash problems can be temporarily fixed with grease and cotton strings. They fill the gaps and mash up the ball bearings nicely. The movement can then be a bit stiff, but in exchange, the backlash almost disappears. Of course, it's not a long term solution!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Intersting, never heard of this :) But yes, sounds like a temporary solution. I have to see how I can fix that. Perhaps new balls in the ballnut are sufficient. I already ordered some.
@y2ksw17 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter I was heavily pranked, but everyone played by the book when it came to find reliable solutions to unsolvable problems. I traded my skills for protection 😅
@kritikatura6 ай бұрын
For mechanical machines, we mixed aluminum powder into the grease, not cotton fibers. It is a little more durable, but in the case of CNC, it can cause inaccuracy. Changing the balls might help, but it would be best to change the spool as well.
@y2ksw16 ай бұрын
@@kritikatura I found that metal powder may bind and block the movement completely.
@kritikatura6 ай бұрын
@@y2ksw1 We did it with silicone grease, 2 grams/kg, for hand-driven reels only. Due to the higher load capacity of machine-driven reels, jamming may indeed occur. Fortunately, it is not difficult to remove.
@pawekowalski74697 ай бұрын
👍💪 A cassette like ATARI 65xe, I am reminded of childhood. 😀
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
I'm too young for this stuff :D But I definitely want to bring the cassette deck back to life.
@whatevernamegoeshere36447 ай бұрын
I love the small detail of blurring your face on the knobs lol
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Hehe, forgot to cover the shiny knobs before filming ;)
@merlin19437 ай бұрын
It’s a really nice machine, with all these extra features!! Something caught my attention, did you check if the motor is working during the retract cycle when threading? Maybe I’m wrong, but I could just hear the motor moving the tool forward, but not retracting. I’m asking because I could not notice the motor and as there was so much firmware changes, maybe you have a software issue alongside the backslash.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! My first thought was if the program doesn't work properly. I actually have to check this again, if the motor is turning for retraction. But I think it really has to do with the backlash. Have to check again.
@shanent57937 ай бұрын
Really makes the Chinese one look heavy duty! What do you find unusual about the rounding? the only variation is whether to round five to even or away from zero
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Yes I was astonished how big the mini lathe bed is compared to the emco bed. I was confused why emco choosed to design the machine that one step of the motors has the odd number of 0,0138mm. Don't know if that makes sense in the imperial world, but in metric that is rather unusual.
@shanent57937 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBettermaybe to make the students think😂😂! I think it's actually 0.0138888888… repeating or 1/72 mm. The table in the manual has 45° (9 steps) corresponding to 0.125 mm (1/8) so 8x9=72. You can count the teeth on the pulleys to be sure but i expect the ratio to be 2.5:1
@rcdieselrc7 ай бұрын
This is a very simple machine intended for teaching CNC and programming. There is nothing industry standard about it, unfortunately. They are fine for what they are, if you understand the limitations. The Chinese mini lathes are based on the Emco Compact 8.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
@@rcdieselrc I thought the controls are like on the real industry machines of that time. But don't know exactly. I actually deleated the industry standard from the title. I guess it was too much text anyway ;)
@shaunperhat6 ай бұрын
20 Years ago I saved a 5CNC from a fire alarm deluge. Some time later I lent this lathe to a friends father to do some wood turning ??. Anyway, after some time ,I asked for the lathe to be returned. Incredulously I was told it had been thrown away, because, it had been smoking! As it turns out, if you leave the axis idling the windings of the motors gets hot enough to burn the wood chips my friends father had been turning, thus leading him to think that it was on fire and throwing it away. Be cautious. shut down the stepper motors when not in use!
@bidgi087 ай бұрын
I have a compact 5 CNC too. You can program it on a computer with Mikes Free Interface software (MFI)
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Nice to hear. Yes, I have the program too.
@MostlyPennyCat7 ай бұрын
A friend of mine has something very similar, except it has a green screen crt. Took years to get it working because his tube was blown, ended up buying one from Brazil to get it working. I forget the name and model, it's not that one though, i don't think.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Hi, that sounds very interesting. Would be cool to hear which machine it was exactly. Perhaps you can find it out and let me know. Thanks!
@MostlyPennyCat7 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter Phoned and asked, his is a Denford ORAC. His CRT has now also packed up but he's bypassed the internal screen and hung an LCD off of the external video out.
@noviceartisan7 ай бұрын
I dread to imagine how underpowered those motors are vs the modern equivilent NEMA standard motors. I've read somewhere that they're typically replaced on these emcos to permit decent working speeds and depth of cut in metals. I went the hard route for my machines and slowly upgraded them to cnc manually, using custom mounts, then learnt the software to operate them. I'm still leagues behind professionals, and am stuck using open source and free tools for the most part but they give nice results :D Currently mid process finishing my Clarke CMD10 conversion so i can finally cnc mill steel to a decent +/- 0.01mm accuracy, least that's the end goal, so i can make precision parts for watch/clock scale things :-)
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! Yes it is a small, old and slow machine compared to modern cnc lathes. But I will preserve the machine as original as possible. I have no plans of doing a retrofit or something. I think for what I need, the machine is just right at the moment.
@bidgi087 ай бұрын
Not a good idea to use more powerfull stepper motor. The ballscrews are really tiny. Because of no limit switches, many of theses lathe were mistreated. I think the balls of your ballnuts are damaged. The nuts do not have a seal on this model. You should first try to clean them and adjust the preload. If the screws have hard spots, the balls will need to be replaced.
@noviceartisan7 ай бұрын
@@bidgi08 Oh wow, no limit switches :O Eek, that's a dreadful thing to neglect for a machine that's designed for a training environment! (and in general too, way too easy to slip a figure and your code go OOB lol)
@bidgi087 ай бұрын
@@noviceartisanEmco added limit (home) switches on next versions. I have a pc turn 55 too with them.
@Mikepet7 ай бұрын
Ich arbeite nun seit 10 Jahren in Hallein bei emco und bin einerseits geschockt und fasziniert dass wir unsere kleinen CNC Drehmaschinen immer noch bauen wie in den 80ern, nur mit anderem Design. Wieso hast du dir keine neue Concept Turn 60 oder Concept Turn 105 gekauft hast? Sind keine schlechten Maschinen und vergleichsweiße gar nicht mal so teuer. Möglicherweiße könnte ich dir eine neue Spindel für die X-Achse zukommen lassen, die sind genau gleich aus wie bei der Concept Turn 60.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Hey wow! Das ist ja klasse! Cool, dass du schreibst. Würde mich freuen, wenn du dich mal per E-Mail bei mir melden würdest. Die Adresse findest du in den Kanalinfos. Wäre super, wenn wir in Kontakt kommen. Vielen Dank schonmal :)
@Mikepet7 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter Ich werd am Montag mal die X-Achse von der Compact abmessen und dir dann paar Bilder und die Maße per E-Mail zukommen lassen.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
@@Mikepet Super, ich freue mich, wenn ich am Montag von dir höre! Vielen Dank schonmal! :)
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
@@Mikepet ...mit Emco hatte ich auch schon Kontakt aufgenommen aber leider keine Rückmeldung bekommen...
@dan78kitАй бұрын
Does your machine have a plastic mounting block of X axis slide and the ballsscrew?
@WeCanDoThatBetterАй бұрын
Hi, not in X but in Z there was the plastic mounting block for the ballnut. I didn't like that so I already replaced the plastic part by a self made one from aluminium :)
@dan78kitАй бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter oh yes in z, i have one of these as well and don't like that either perhaps you can sell me one of these blocks as well.
@M0UAW_IO836 ай бұрын
Oh I wanted (and still do) one of these so much, my secondary school had one which I got to use precisely once, massive disappointment.
@juergengmeiner59377 ай бұрын
Very nice - thank you for sharing
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your comment!
@bt4103827 ай бұрын
3 jaw chuck and tailpiece looks like a proxxon design.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
That's right. Even the bed seems to be very similar. I think the spindle nose is the same on one of the proxxon lathe. Never seen it on another machine.
@glassyuri_7 ай бұрын
I'd say it's more likely that the relationship is the other way round (that the Proxxon lathe is based on an Emco design)
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
@@glassyuri_ I guess this too.
@matthewsimmons68317 ай бұрын
Be honest, how many test pieces did you turn before getting that final shot of the chuck stopping and showing the emco logo?
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Haha :D I actually just noticed that while editing and just flipped out about it! I made 3 testpieces but only because on every part something went wrong. I don't watched the orientation of the chuck. It was really just a very very lucky coincidence. Thanks for noticing and thanks for watching my video till the end ;)!
@ivolol5 ай бұрын
I dunno, that new custom panel seems pretty nifty.
@WeCanDoThatBetter5 ай бұрын
Yeah, pretty neat functions on this panel!
@johnmoorefilm7 ай бұрын
Ah! Those keys❤…do any of you wonderful people have a recommendation for a computer keyboard that genuinely has those old heavy keys? Thank you
@pirminkogleck40567 ай бұрын
i am sure you will be able to sort out all the issues ! you have a very good MAchine here as a Base, not big but good ! if i would be yu i would order me a taylor made new spindle and a ballnut . there are a few companys in germany where u can order ballscrew spindles with the nut for reasonable money. in my opinion its not a good idea to just switch the balls but then leave the nut and spindle untouched.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment and the hints on the spindle replacement. Do you have some sources for new ballscrews and ballnuts? Sprichst du deutsch? ;)
@pirminkogleck40567 ай бұрын
ja sicher spreche ich Deutsch ! Ich kommentiere sogar in der Zerspanungsbude :) ich müsste da nochmal recherchieren und schau was ich finde !
@pirminkogleck40567 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetterAuszug von der Homepage : Falls Sie individuelle Enden benötigen schreiben Sie uns an! Gerne unterbreiten wir Ihnen ein Angebot. Die Längentoleranz entspricht +-1mm. Sollten Sie einen genaueren Zuschnitt benötigen schreiben Sie uns gerne an! Die Toleranz der Lagersitze ist den jeweiligen Lagern angepasst.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
@@pirminkogleck4056 Ah, jetzt kombiniere ich :D
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
@@pirminkogleck4056 Welche Firma bzw. Webseite ist das?
@plasmamacАй бұрын
Where do you get the emco from ?
@angelramos-20057 ай бұрын
Congratulations and good luck.Thank you.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@cdmChase17 ай бұрын
Great video!!! "What is this I-N-C-H thing"? Haha, I use imperial now and then making stuff for the USA.. im in the UK so metrici im used to. Boomers talk, "just a thou tolerance".. I program set and operate CNC lathes for now. Make castors, wheels press on bands with polyurethane moulds..
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! ;)
@JCWren7 ай бұрын
I recently missed buying an Emco Maximat Super 11 that was completely loaded (including the vertical mill) plus a bunch of extra tooling by about 45 minutes. I was really disappointed.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Sorry to hear.
@mirakulix0017 ай бұрын
Hallo, sehr schöne Maschine, ich hab auch seit kurzem so ein Teil 😀, kannst du mir sagen welcher Monitor verbaut ist - ich hab noch ei Röhrengerät. lg
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Hi, danke für den Kommentar. Cool, dass es noch mehr Emcos hier gibt :) Ich muss mal sehen, ob ich herausfinde, was das für ein Monitor ist. Aber es geht jeder kleine Monitor. Oft werden sie für Rückfahrkameras in Autos angeboten.
@Pushyhog5 ай бұрын
old school usa stuff was great.
@staviq7 ай бұрын
(2.5/72)*(2/5) = 0.0138(8) You have a 2 to 5 reduction between the motor and the ballscrew. Nice ratios do not matter for a CNC machine because positions are recalculated for every step as an absolute value ( not incremental value ), so it's probably simply chosen for optimal speed vs torque.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
That might be but in my humble opinion it shouldn't be too difficult to either choose the ratio of the beltdrive or a 2mm pitch ballscrew which should be more in the 0,01mm region per step. But don't know which reasons they had to design it like this...
@staviq7 ай бұрын
If you manage to find a 100 steps/rev stepper motor, it would give you 0.01 exactly Though with CNC, it's something you shouldn't be thinking about, because you have no control over the exact amount of steps the machine chooses to use for a given distance, so in practice it's irrelevant. Basically, that 0.0138/2 is your +-minimal tolerance, and that is the only thing you would use that information for. Even if you get a nice round step to travel ratio, stepper motors can be driven with in-between steps (micro stepping) and the magnetic poles of the motor aren't perfect so the steps aren't perfect X degrees either, so that nice ratio wouldn't hold in real life anyway. Nowadays it's a completely different story, but first CNCs were invented for predictable repeatability, not absolute precision :)
@hinz17 ай бұрын
More teaching toy than real machine, Emco starts to get somewhat useful with Emcoturn 120-140, fairly nice machines, if stripped of all the sheet metal.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Yes, kinda right. But at the moment I'm really happy with the machine though. As said I first wanted a 120 or compact 6 but I think for the start this machine is just right for me.
@pacman101826 ай бұрын
why is the inch disable knob blurred?
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
I blurred all the knobs which reflect my image ;) I have to change the knobs to less shiny ones :)
@rustamsaifullin80347 ай бұрын
Шикарный аппарат 👍 поздравляю с покупкой.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@borisstokic37997 ай бұрын
Why are the potentiometers blurred? 😅
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Cause unfortunately they sometimes reflect my image. Don't want that and have to do something about it in the future ;)
@borisstokic37997 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter thanks :)
@alan-sk7kyАй бұрын
You should have used the beginning of 'Autobahn' 😊
@dazaspc7 ай бұрын
It was a real shame that in the era these were made so many CNC training machine tools used odd ball controls. But I suppose they were built to a price and not a usability level. I dont know about your particular machines control but many have the ability to adjust things in the Canned Cycles like the screw cutting option in the machines parameters. Alternatively you could write the program in such a way that it didn't need the retract option like we used to do it in the days of the tape run machines. The machine I learnt on was pretty crude to be polite. No PC around then so you wrote the program out on a bit of paper and then typed it out using a telex machine to get a paper tape. I was lucky that the machine had wear offsets for each tool so you would just put that offset on the tape for the tool and you could adjust it from the control. No screens just a nixie tube display to get the numbers in. You could write the program up like a batch file you would use on a pc so each step is read at the appropriate time, block skips, goto's etc and that usually works in everything. However this can be controller dependent and I cant guarantee that particular one will do it. A great little machine I worked for 25 years repairing CNC machine tools of all types and worked on a couple of little emcos one manual and one CNC and apart from them being extremely lightly built they were a good machine if not pressed to hard. That MC having a Micro tape drive was a little unusual the one I worked on had a cassette drive but with a com port you wouldn't want to ever use that again. A great find and it looks like a useful addition.
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
Hi and thank you very much for your detailed comment! Yes the machine has it's oddities but as I'm not used to modern controls and CNC stuff I just take it as it is:) So far, I really like it. At the moment I struggle with a little bit hardware stuff, lathe chuck, play in the bedslide, collet chuck, bedway covers etc. So there has to be done some work to the machine but I hopefully get it back to life soon. My machine has a com Port (rs232) but I nontheless would like the old cassette deck reinstalled. Needing everytime you want to use the machine an laptop connected seems a bit impractical to me..
@dazaspc6 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter You could hook it up through a RS232 to Ethernet adapter and if a cable wasn't handy just put it on a old Wifi router. Then just send your program in via a terminal program from where ever your laptop/desktop is. The micro tapes are quite fragile and can be difficult to read if a reader has failed with the tape in it. You can also back up machine parameters that you know were ok for editing or just backup. Especially in older machines I would always back up the full set of available parameters before I would make a change or even leave the machine off for any length of time. This machine probably postdates stuff like bubble memory but you never want to get caught out if you dont have to. Anyway just thoughts from an old man. Cheers
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
@@dazaspc Hey thanks! Thats actually a cool idea to make the data transfer wireless. Have to check that :) At the moment the tape recorder doesn't work. It might be defect :(
@dazaspc6 ай бұрын
@@WeCanDoThatBetter You could really pare it down to something like a Pi zero wireless and it should have pin outs to connect to the rs 232. Also considering the program sizes your machine will take it would probably store quite a few as well, but I have only ever done this with pc hardware. One of the old micro PC's you might get from e-bay for a few dollars.
@leorocket7 ай бұрын
I own one also and made it manual (not computer controlled) by adding a playstation joystick and an arduino
@tooltimechris72177 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!!
@VEC7ORlt7 ай бұрын
Hah, that controller is almost as large as the lathe itself. Didn't expect the microcasette.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Yes, that control cabinet is huge :)
@Guarkernmehl6 ай бұрын
Solche Vorbesitzer kann man sich nur wünschen 😮
@thomaselser49746 ай бұрын
Oh eine erst cnc Maschinen wo ich Lehre gemacht hab so geil
@nightsaber22727 ай бұрын
Vintage german machinery :)
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Best :D
@Trox775 ай бұрын
The compact 5 regular aren't made of cast aluminum. I own one myself and it's all steel.
@mundaryus7 ай бұрын
Good!
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@TheDawn57084 ай бұрын
The programming in Emco cnc lathe is not the same as Fanuc or Siemens programming.
@ailahanifah62156 ай бұрын
my first G-Code with emco😂
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
Oh yes, it definitely is! :) And it's fun. I think the Emco is not the worst machine to learn with:)
@jimsvideos72017 ай бұрын
0.138mm is equivalent to about 0.005", coincidentally.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Oh that makes sense. I wondered if this for us metric guys weird number has something to do with the imperial measurements. Thanks for clarifying.
@perfesser9447 ай бұрын
Trip down memory lane. I cut my CNC teeth i a lathe just like this.
@platin21487 ай бұрын
Well there is YourNew now that makes these machines but it's quality wise basically not even in the same universe. Sad that they basically stopped with these. Well this was probably because of this giant metal working company that died and took a lot of that stuff with it. (Was called erletzberger, part of this company is today schachermayer)
@ZaphodBeeblebrox-ry5zsАй бұрын
👍
@Convolutedtubules7 ай бұрын
Dust allergy triggered lol.
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Hoops :D
@andrease.51007 ай бұрын
the inch thing means Bananas
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Haha :D
@KF-qj2rn7 ай бұрын
I wonder why the commercial stuff never used audio cassette tape, pre-3.5" floppy.... I can tell I went to the wrong schools, they had nothing "metal working", manual or cnc...
@basuro13377 ай бұрын
Funny the machine speaks spanish when resetting
@WeCanDoThatBetter7 ай бұрын
Haha :D
@Micromechanisms5 ай бұрын
Hi there! Are you interest in an Hidraulique Mandrin for Schaubling lathe? It include original Schaublin collet I think is the best accesory for your Emco lathe. the concentricity is Amazing!! Congratulation for your chanel!! I also have an Emco 100VCM mill center with the original Encotronic control. You can wach it in my chanel. My best
@WeCanDoThatBetter5 ай бұрын
Hi and thank you very much for your comment! That sounds amazing! Which size is the hydraulique chuck? It would be great if it fits to my machine :) If you like, you can send me some pictures or information via email. I watched your channel. The Emco VMC 100 is a really cool machine. Would like to have some too ;) Thanks and perhaps you like to contact me via email.
@oithetresen6096 ай бұрын
I inherited the non cnc model of that lathe. Didn't like it. I already sold it so Idon't know for sure but I think it had something crazy small like 500W. If you only make the tiniest of cuts it's possible to work on brass and even mild steel. But you can barely use a cutoff steel for aluminium, becuase the top slide weighs nothing and it uses regular metric M8 thread for a lead screw. So when you touch the material withn the steel it pulls the whole slide in resulting in the tiny motor overloading and the belt slipping. Absolutely useless. I'd rather get a better chinese lathe. The chinese ones are also way easier to modify.
@DynoRC3 ай бұрын
The knob switches between metric and nonsense
@WeCanDoThatBetter3 ай бұрын
:D
@MrKiar16115 ай бұрын
my dumb ass will ruin the machine with my mediocre G-code in first use. 🙃
@WeCanDoThatBetter5 ай бұрын
Hopefully not ;) First run the simulation when you program on the pc and run the program at first with enough safety distance from the lathe chuck.
@jtstriker776 ай бұрын
Find your own style. Don’t rip off thisoldtony.
@WeCanDoThatBetter6 ай бұрын
Did I?
@chrisyboy6666 ай бұрын
This is the 1st CNC lathe I ever programmed learned on…35 years later worked all over the world on the Apps for Mazak Deckel (DMG) starrag ..now @ WFL back in the uk…I would recommend anyone thinking of doing this for a career DONT pick something else