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    Please check out my You Tube channel

    Some things may be informative. I get to do some fun stuff on the side to try to keep it interesting.
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYoD_HPZBBoGBDymwOAyL4Q/featured
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    Re: New Cinci Arrow 500 problem

    After much discussion Mike Eckardt and I are thinking it may be a ground issue. We currently don't have the ground isolated - as per the wiring instructions. We will be pounding a ground rod and...
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    Re: New Cinci Arrow 500 problem

    Thanks for the insight. I have the original hard drive that still works perfectly. We have cloned it to a SSD. I also have the SSD as supplied by Fives. So, yes, we should have everything...
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    New Cinci Arrow 500 problem

    I have a NEW, never cut a chip, 2000 Cincinnati Arrow 500 with glass scales and Vickers Drives. The machine was installed in a clean room and never run. Pulled out a few months ago and brought to...
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    Simple IDE to SATA adapter and cloned the drive...

    Simple IDE to SATA adapter and cloned the drive to a tiny SSD
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    Re: Arrow 1500 realtime board problems

    I just had this very same realtime error. As Bob R. said, I removed the heatsink and discarded the aluminum spacer (and white dust that used to be thermal paste), reapplied good thermal paste and...
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    Re: Arrow 500 no power up.

    Power up failed this morning with the cabinet door open. I swung it to many different positions and nothing. Then I started gently putting some pressure on the connectors on the various boards. ...
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    Re: Arrow 500 no power up.

    Thanks Mike. Crazy to think that the disc drive cable, RS-232 or the parallel port cable could be causing this by rubbing on the (has to be) z axis encoder cables!?? We are making parts and for...
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    Re: Arrow 500 no power up.

    Opened the cabinet door and it powers up just fine. We've tested this theory a dozen times. The damn machine won't start up with the door closed. Really?! Off to making parts and I'll deal with...
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    Re: Arrow 500 no power up.

    Removed the meter from the tap and neutral, closed the cabinet and tried to power up... NO GO.
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    Re: Arrow 500 no power up.

    Put a wire tap under the OL1 (overload for the spindle brake) to measure if we had control voltage going to M20... Powered it up and pushed the green button for the second time and M20 pulled in. ...
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    Re: Arrow 500 no power up.

    Ooops. I've got the schematic. Forgot Mike E. hooked us up last time we had issues and had it stashed in another location. Trying to determine if there is 120v at M20 with the green button...
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    Arrow 500 no power up.

    Right in the middle of a very high pressure project and my mill won't power up. So the computer boots fine but when i push the green button a second time to power up the servo controllers - nothing....
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    Re: Cincinnati Arrow spindle motor issue

    I just had that error (Drive Ready Signal Missing). Replaced the I/O board and it's good as new.
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    Sticky: Been lurking for a long time and finally made an...

    Been lurking for a long time and finally made an account. I have a couple cnc machines and a full compliment of manual machines. I work at Canada France Hawaii Telescope on the Big Island of...
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