Replacing CRT monitor with LCD in Okuma Cnc Lathe

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Came in to work one morning and the monitor on my Okuma LB-15 Cnc lathe was not working. All the machine controls were working just fine, but nothing on the screen......which means......no chips being made.....which means boss not too happy!!

So, to make a really looooong story short...........

Called Okuma, they sent out a tech.......several hundred dollars later determined it could not be fixed..........quoted me a replacement for a measly $6,813.00!!!

Well, that went over like a fart in church.........so after doing some research online, and discussing this predicament with others in another forum who have experienced this same dilemma, I found a place in Toronto that had just what I needed specifically set up for my machine and control and best of all it was only just a tad over $1,200.00.

A couple days later the man in the big brown truck showed up and thus my project began........

Below is a pic of the control with the old CRT monitor in it.





Here's a pic of the inside of the unit.




The removal of the screen from the control and the CRT from the housing was by FAR the most time consuming part of the job.







With the CRT housing out of the machine it was time to extract the monitor from the housing.






Success......the battle is half over!






With the CRT removed there sure is a lot of room in there now, and only three connections to worry about!





Here you can see the replacement LCD monitor kit in its entirety.



I assembled the mounting brackets loosely to the monitor and placed it in the housing for final adjustments before tightening in place.




A couple of drilled clearance holes for fasteners was all that was required.






Once the connections were all made it was time to re-install the unit in the control.




Now for the moment of truth................and hopefully no little puffs of smoke!!

Phew.........man was I happy to see everything working again!!!





Back in business once again!!!




Best Regards,
Russ