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    Re: Time to go Swiss, general questions.

    I'm sure they do but am but am betting the machines they use to make the watches are made in Japan. :) Go figure!!!
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    Re: Time to go Swiss, general questions.

    Thanks,,, I'm familiar with these types of devices. I use Shoplinks for the Brother mills and a Titan for the Hardinge. I believe the Shoplinks only work with the Brother controller. The Titan seems...
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    Time to go Swiss, general questions.

    All,

    I bought my first lathe a little over a year ago. I have a Hardinge T2 big bore with live tools. I believe it's 1999 vintage, but could be wrong. It took me about two months to get get it up...
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    Re: Brother TC-S2A 4th Axis?????

    I just had some time to start playing around with this again and did manage to get both a 4th and 5th axis working on this machine.

    Basically I purchased a toyish 2 axis rotary table from Amazon....
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    Brother TC-S2A 4th Axis?????

    All,

    We recently purchased 3 Brother S2A's. Two of the machines are in great shape. One of those has a 10K spindle, the other has a 16K spindle. While the third machine is operational, it has some...
  6. Thread: Brother TC-S2A

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    We didn’t even price out the parts. We’re turning...

    We didn’t even price out the parts. We’re turning down jobs because it’s not running. Every hour without a machine is costing us money. We found an AWESOME package deal on two perfectly running...
  7. Thread: Brother TC-S2A

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    Re: Brother TC-S2A

    Okay... we got it up and running. This thing RIPS!!!

    I would say it's not quite a diamond in the rough, though not a total turd either. It cuts nice parts but we noticed a problem with the surface...
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    How to communicate with Brother S2A?

    We just got a new-to-us Brother S2A. We've done a lot of work and now it's good to go. What's the best way to send files to the controller? I've seen some comments about using Brother Comm but can't...
  9. Thread: Brother TC-S2A

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    Re: Brother TC-S2A

    This is the machine from HGR. It turned out to be a total diamond in the rough. Somebody spent some real money trying to fix it... brand new spindle... never used. They let a bunch of chips fall into...
  10. Thread: Brother TC-S2A

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    Re: Brother TC-S2A

    I found the problem. Actually, I found a lot of problem. Parts on order so far are:

    I/O PCB
    ATC PCB
    Manual Pulse Generator
    ATC PCB
    ATC Encoder

    One of the screws for the turret cover pierced...
  11. Thread: Brother TC-S2A

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    Brother TC-S2A

    Hello Everyone,

    We just adopted a Brother TC-S2A-O for pretty pretty much scrap value.

    I got the machine powered on and the screen came alive. There is an alarm "5020 DC POWER ERROR (24V)". Any...
  12. Re: Drip Feed / DNC? --- Conquest T42 with Fanuc 18T controller

    Thanks!!! I've tried all of this. The key is I can't find "Tape Mode" anywhere. Switch nor soft key.
  13. Re: Quick Question about Work Offset for Subspindle (G10 P0 Y-n.nnn)

    This was a HUGE help. I've figured out how to use the work shift and it's really simple to use. I think the biggest problem with these old machines is some of this stuff just takes a lot of trial and...
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    Re: Live Tooling,,, grease leaking?

    Thanks for confirming. :)
  15. Drip Feed / DNC? --- Conquest T42 with Fanuc 18T controller

    I have a Hardinge Conquest T42 with Fanuc 18T controller. There is clearly no switch to put it into tape mode. Is there soft key for tape mode?

    I have the RS-232 hooked up to a Titan USB, which...
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    I have an Intelitek Expertmill with tool changer...

    I have an Intelitek Expertmill with tool changer and tooling for sale on ebay. It will fit most of your needs. The only thing it's missing is 10K spindle. It has a 5K spindle which you can override...
  17. Hardinge Conquest Straight Shank Tooling??

    I recently purchased a Hardinge Conquest T42 Big Bore with full C-Axis. The sale included a pile of live tooling and boring bar holders but nothing for holding straight shank tooling.

    For the most...
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