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PM me your email address & I'll send you the post that was shared with me, it works great.

Danny,
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Greg

Hi,
Do you still have a Gibbs Cam Post for the ST30Y? If you do, could I ask a favor & get a copy? I'm not current on maintenance, so no luck with them & I have to get this running ASAP.

Thanks.

GibbsCAM will do anything you want it to do. I have the full 3D Mill / 2D Lathe package & use it with all of my Haas Mills & lathe (VF4, Mini Mill & TL2). I love this stuff. Yes it is expensive, but...

Travis,
You have one VERY NICE SHOP & Equipment. You will be amazed of what you can do with that SMM. I started out with a 01 MM & made many different parts on it. I added a 99 VF4 APC machine to...

My dad has a 96 VF3 & had a very similar problem a few weeks ago. He had Haas come in & take a look at it. His machine was alarming in Z axis as well, but while he was drilling holes (1/2" in...

Mike,
We always use single depth tapping. I heard of people peck tapping & I have wanted to try it, but just never got around to it. For sure you will be able to tap larger then 1/4" holes. The...

Mike,
We have a 2000 Mini Mill (6000k spindle) & I used to rigid tap M16x2 holes in 65-45-12 Ductile Iron with no problems (full depth @ 3/4" deep). The reason I don't use the Mini Mill to do it...

I was able to find a carbide tipped 3" 45deg dovetail cutter in MSC. The price quoted to me was $289, not that bad. As soon as I receive this job I will post some pictures. Hopefully within a month I...

I need to run a job (manufactured from A36 steel) on my VF4 APC that requires a 45 deg Dovetail to be machined into the side of it. The depth would be 1.25" (both directions to the side & down)....

I can only give one piece of advice for starting your own business while working full time. Quit your full time job ASAP, you will be better off! I worked for my previous employer for 14 years &...

Thanks serviceman!! I was hoping that I could use the mill as it is, at least for now until I can have them come in & finish hooking it up. Do you know approx how long it might take to hook just the...

I just purchased a 1999 VF4 APC machine & have a question about its use. I am thinking about leaving our local HFO hook up the APC (factory), but I would like to go ahead & hook power & air to the...

Can anyone help me out here? I plan on calling the HFO tomorrow morning, but would like to get an idea of what might be wrong before calling them. I have an Haas 2000 Mini-Mill & has been running...

Thanks Geof for the advise, when I press the F1 key there are no choices for the floppy directory. This is completely opposite from my Mini Mill. As soon as I press the F3 key it still adds the 0....

Can anyone help me with a problem that I have? The problem that I am having is on my father's 1995 VF-3 mill. He purchased the machine approx 2 months ago & it did not have a floppy drive on it. He...

I want to thank everyone that has replied. I am having spindle orientation problems. After being on the phone with a Haas tech, his belief is also the pulley slipping. He had me mark the splined...

Can anyone tell me what might be going on with my 2000 Mini-Mill? The problem is that it keeps losing the spindle orintation. I just had Haas come in today & evereything was working right after they...

Thanks for all the help everyone. I never new about the peck tapping until I read it on here a few weeks ago.

Thanks for all the suggestions, it will all help (the peck tapping program, feed & speeds). I am trying to stay away from the thread milling (slower than tapping because of the depth), but would do...

Does anyone with a VF1,2,3,or 4 with a gearbox & cat40 spindle (1996 & newer) tap a 7/8-9 hole with a spirial flute tap in CRS? The thread depth would be approx 2 1/2" deep. What would be the best &...

I have a Mini Mill as well & when my fan started rattling, I found that the -4- mounting screws just came loose & so I just tighten them up. It might be as easy as that & hope it is for you.

These are used machines setting @ a shop that is going on the auction block in Jackson,TN on 4/27. Thanks for the link, that really helped.

The shop I work at is looking at -2- model 425 mills to replace our worn out bridgeport manual mills. My question is, does anyone have any thoughts (good or bad) with these mills? I can not tell what...

I am interested in your job, have you awarded it yet?

We have a 2000 VF6 -50 taper- & 2004 VF4 -40 taper-. We like both of them very well, but really like the VF6 50 taper the best. The only real problem that we had with it was a bad batch off air...

Thanks everyone for the information, it really helped. I just got back from my parents house & my Dad was making programs & chips pretty easy.

Can anyone please help me out a little here? My father just purchased and had delivered a new TL2 with Intuitive Programming. I have figured everything out except how to get the recorder events to...

We just had the drawbar assembly replaced in out 2000 VF6 50 taper (same problem), once it was out there were 6 spring washers that were cracked. Haas installed a new drawbar & the cutting difference...

:) :) :) I just wanted to let everyone know that what it ended up being, was when the company I bought this mill off from put the tool changer back together they put the bolted the roller guide in...