I see that even as of today, folks are asking questions about and struggling with encoders. I'm trying to decide if I should push through this and try to figure out how to get KFLOP working without an encoder and deal with it later. I had not finished mounting the KFLOP/KSTEP in my control box because I was waiting for a Winford breakout board. Now I need to get this larger lathe operational for a new project. After several weeks of research, private emails and public posts, I finally hit a wall and couldn't find a path forward. I've converted a mini lathe with an encoder, a Gecko G540 and Mach3 and it was simple. I wanted to add an encoder so I can use this lathe for threading. I had also converted to a VFD AC motor so I can control the spindle speed. In parallel to the mechanical build of the lathe, I dug into KFLOP programming and at one point actually was able to get my steppers to move. The original stepper drivers I bought were not compatible with KFLOP so I returned them and got the KSTEP. This was my 5th CNC conversion (all the others used Mach3 and various hardware). In late 2014 I decide to use KFLOP to control a Grizzly G0602 lathe I was converting to CNC.
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