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Many CNC mills--not just Mazaks--will throw alarms when hitting reset during a tool change.

Simple solution: Hit single block or feed hold. Get in the habit of having your hand on the feed hold...

First off, I have never cut pipe threads on the Mazak. All charts I have found for pipe threading state the pitch diameter. Not very helpful on the Mazak.

Threading on Mazak is done primarily...

I love my little 1986 Qt10N with the T-3. :cool: Been running it for 15 years.

First all, not all T-3 machines are the same. Some have full C-axis control (0.001°) and others have only C-axis...

I found the cabinet. The only manuals we still have left are the Mazatrol and EIA programming manuals. I scanned through them, but did not see the parameter sheets. I will look again if the...

1.79° for taper angle.

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We recently moved a bunch of stuff around. I am still looking for the cabinet with the manuals. Be back to work on Wednesday to look again.

I will look tomorrow.

Chamfering as in plunge in and out? That can be done in a drill cycle or boring cycle--just have to feed to a much shallower depth than with drilling. This will be on its own process. Just copy...

"20 NMI Emergency Stop" will come up if E-stop is pressed in. I'm guessing it's not--right? Are there any other alarms on the Diagnostics page?

Inside the back panel electrical door on my QT,...

Yes, this is done very easily. :)

For a Mazatrol program, make a Process Number (PNO) tool length setting ( I cannot remember exact name) after the end mill Process. Input which type of tool you...

I think the T2 will have fewer 1's in the OP parameters for less options like milling. I believe somewhere in the first few OP parameters will turn off your milling. I had an issue with my friend's...

Thank you very much. I see the EIA stickers now that I searched for the FX784 board. Thanks for the heads up on the different software types too. That was most helpful.

Phil :)

My friend bought a T3 lathe with no G-code option. We are trying to retrofit it with G-code using an FX-17 board, but so far, no dice. Normally, this is not an issue, but he has a C-axis milling...

Cheapest solution would be to find a used laptop loaded with XP and call it good. :)

When my personal home PC died, I had many programs that did not play nice with regular Win 7 and I was...

We had this same issue when we took delivery of our Integrex 35 with the same T+ control. Mazak told us we can either have a two-pedal set-up (one pedal to open the chuck, the other to close the...

His drill broke while machining a part. He is simply trying to avoid taking the part out of the chuck before he finishes this piece. BTDT many times myself.

On my Mazak, you first need to look at the Z position offset for the program you are running. This is the Z teach value you initially taught to let the machine know where this program is in relation...

Do you have live tooling on your machine? If so, you can cut a slot with an endmill a few thou above finish dia to act as a chipbreaker for the turning operation. Works great.

Going from memory, I believe the tailstock quill was not homed after E-stop was pushed.

Solution: Extend tailstock quill and then retract it. Should work.