I just picked up a Sharp-HCV turret milling machine, AKA knee mill.
It has a Mitutoyo Millstar CNC control with Mitutoyo linear scales on X, Y and on the quill. I don’t know what generation of Millstar this is. 1, 2 or 3? Anybody? Anybody have manuals and documentation for the control?
The Millstar controller, an old Pentium S PC with a whopping 4 megabytes of RAM in a case with monitor, does power on, but apparently there’s a problem with the IDE drive, so it is failing to boot.
The PC has PCI (but I think no PCIe) slots.
Also, it looks like they replaced the head with a 3HP Gromax variable speed head. I don’t know anything about Gromax.
My kids have been helping me clean off some of the grit and dirt and rust with Scotchbrite and WD-40. The Y axis definitely shows some wear and a bit of scoring on the ways, but the overall machine is pretty solid.
Anyone have manuals for the Sharp mill?
Docs for Mitutoyo Millstar?
Docs for Gromax 3HP variable speed head?
Recommendations for way oil? Spindle oil? ...
Anybody have a Millstar hard drive that I could clone?
It has a Mitutoyo Millstar CNC control with Mitutoyo linear scales on X, Y and on the quill. I don’t know what generation of Millstar this is. 1, 2 or 3? Anybody? Anybody have manuals and documentation for the control?
The Millstar controller, an old Pentium S PC with a whopping 4 megabytes of RAM in a case with monitor, does power on, but apparently there’s a problem with the IDE drive, so it is failing to boot.
The PC has PCI (but I think no PCIe) slots.
Also, it looks like they replaced the head with a 3HP Gromax variable speed head. I don’t know anything about Gromax.
My kids have been helping me clean off some of the grit and dirt and rust with Scotchbrite and WD-40. The Y axis definitely shows some wear and a bit of scoring on the ways, but the overall machine is pretty solid.
Anyone have manuals for the Sharp mill?
Docs for Mitutoyo Millstar?
Docs for Gromax 3HP variable speed head?
Recommendations for way oil? Spindle oil? ...
Anybody have a Millstar hard drive that I could clone?