Kent,
To be clear: I use the shank of an endmill, measure it to the tenth or maybe half a tenth if I think that's where it really is. I do that with a micrometer, use that for the keyed value...
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Kent,
To be clear: I use the shank of an endmill, measure it to the tenth or maybe half a tenth if I think that's where it really is. I do that with a micrometer, use that for the keyed value...
Are you wanting to do this for length only? What about insert cutters that don't indicate off the center? Don't you have to include all the rough dimensions in the tool table before it can do...
When you do the calibration of the presetter: make sure you've indicated it flat to the spindle with a tenths indicator if you can. Next, make sure you use a micrometer good to tenths to measure your...
What kind of turning tool? You'll need to use a radius tool for that and you'll need to use cutter compensation to get accurate geometry.
This video will help:
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He's using Renishaw probing on a Haas. The diameter values are loaded straight into the Geometry column. There are no problems unless he starts moving values around and changing things. Preset the...
No, you don't enter any adjustments or change anything. That's the whole point of having control compensation and the tool setter. Wear is zero unless you still aren't getting the size you need and...
On the rotary degrees, no, it doesn't reset at 360. What if you were cutting a spiral that does three revolutions? Yes, if you command A720.0 it's going to do two full revolutions and stop....
There is a setting for minimum pass size but, if you want a spring pass or multiple spring passes, G92 is what you seek:
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I don't think a filter goes in there. It looks like a screen strainer and gravity trap. Chips go in, get tossed around, settle at the bottom and screened coolant goes out to the plumbing block. Not...
Yeah, you'd know if you had the counterbalance. It includes a big gas cylinder and gauge mounted to the side of the column. So 2000 didn't have them either? I'm not crazy about the Z axis being at...
It's always a good time to clean things out and do some housekeeping. On those stainless screws, do you know about galvanic corrosion? The stainless might corrode in the cast iron table. Coolant...
I was saying to remove and completely swap the components from axis to axis. I haven't had to do this yet but, I assume the X and Y axes have the same cables, same motors, same switches. I'd swap one...
Excellent and thorough reply. So we know it's a brushless machine and all the amplifiers are commonly available. That's good news.
The messages on the screen may be significant and may not. I had...
You said older but, that isn't enough. We need to know if this is a brush or brushless machine to start (what year on the ID plate?).
Second bit of troubleshooting: most axis amplifiers and cables...
You've got me on this one. I'm going to guess you might need to go into your Parameters and look for the one that turns on / off the Ethernet Hard Drive option. I have never owned the option but, I...
His machine is from 2003. Completely different than what that manual describes. The networking isn't even close to being the same.
Two issues: the ethernet and the RS232
Ethernet: go into the networking settings and clear out all the fields and turn off the networking option so it stops pinging. The machine is trying to...
Have you put a voltmeter on the 5V DC rail going into the board triple-stack and watched that value on a voltmeter when it does this? And then each of the 12V and -12V? It sure looks to me like the...
What year is the machine?
When you start the spindle, are you watching the DC bus voltage on the Diagnostics screen? Does it go down on that screen or are you measuring it with a voltmeter as it...
Are you getting power straight from the city or are you on a phase converter?
What is the incoming power measuring and which set of taps are you connected to? Is it close (bottom of the range)?
This is probably long after the auction ended but, for future reference: I have some old Haas brochures and apparently--yes--they used to include the 4th axis wiring. I'm not sure what year that...
Interesting. Thanks for posting that. I'm curious if your temperature and coolant levels were also showing incorrectly. My 2004 VF-2 blew something on the analog-to-digital circuit on the MoCon...
Ehh, there may be a software parameter that has to be turned on as well. I've never seen it added to later machines. Early probing systems did everything as a series of Visual Quick Code templates. I...
The Ethernet Hard Drive option is kind of orphaned as far as connecting to it on a network is concerned. Either here or on another unnamed website, someone outlined all the problems they had with...
To use probing you need these options enabled (all behind unlock codes): spindle orientation, macros, coordinate rotation and scaling. You also need the Renishaw probing 9000 series programs....
That control is no longer supported by Haas. I know: it's the same year as my VF-2 so this is going to be the tough love someone would tell me:
If anything goes wrong with the electronics, you're...
Turn on Constant Surface Speed:
G50 S1500 (Clamps the max rpm to no more than 1500 RPM)
G96 S400 (Sets SFM to 400)
M3 (turns on spindle)
To cancel CSS:
G97 S1000 (Cancels Constant Surface...
Yeah, it's lost its marbles. See how there is no model number? The battery either died or there wasn't a jumper battery installed when the onboard battery was being swapped. Lose the power...
I am absolutely not excusing what has happened to you. In fact, I read this whole thread because I'm looking to move and the local HFO weighs heavily into my relocation decisions. I can cross Florida...
Al the Man is probably correct. Mirroring the X axis in settings is only a crude way of making opposite-hand parts. It mirrors the program, not the machine. What you have is a problem with how the...