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I hear you on that one Rod,
Tech is '92 vintage, so even if it might have been best then, not so sure now.
I spent the past couple of days servicing the motors and fixing a servo drive. Have the...

Hi Guys,

Thank you for the input,his is just the kind of discussion I was hoping for. I will start looking at your suggestions and see what a realistic budget is for this project.
My DC servo's...

Thanks for the input so far.
Is Centroid a much more refined option than something like linuxCNC?
What would the equivalent AC servo motor size be to replace my SEM dc servo's?
Info on motor...

Hi Guys/ (gals?)
I have been putting off the inevitable control retrofit for my 3 axis vertical mill with Anilam GXM control for too long now.
Recently the machine started acting up again. I...

Does the spindle of the Colchester Tornado 100 run in oil?
If so, where is the sight glass/ Dipstick and drain plug?
What type of oil should be used?

Thank you
Pieter

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Hi All,

I just had delivery of a Colchester Tornado 100 lathe that i bought on auction last year.
Wired her in this afternoon and i am releived to report that she lights up. I was able to jog the...

I am doing the final assembly after lapping of the worm and wormgear.
Can anyone tell me the order of the two seal elemonts that seal the faceplate/ housing?
There is a slot on the face of the...

It seems like i would have to go and get some grinding paste tomorrow and get this girl back on the bed...unless anybody have a better idea?

I bought a Nikken 5AX-170 table some years back and finally got round to fix it up for use.
The unit consist of a horizontal spindle with another mounted to that with it's spindle radial to the axis...

I recently picked up a used Mazak DT20 on auction for a very good price. The machine was used to cut abrasive materials and was never run wet.
Should i need to replace ball screws and linear ways,...

I am in need of Tornado 100 (1995) specs in order to request a freight quote.

Can someone pleas help me with L x W x H + Weight for these machines?

Thank You
P

I opened a service request on the 10th and got an email reply today. a Gentleman by the name of Eduardo informed me that my FORUM access should now be restored. No reasons given though, but I tested...

pp-TG, Thank you for offering your help. I will give it a go and see if it works.
I did not make a lot (if any)of money from my $5000 purchase, but that was up to me, not SW. I am not a "power user"...

As a matter of interest: the same old parts that are now only available to the "elite" group of up-to-date Solidworks users (2012, 2013 and 2014), are still available to users of Autodesk Inventor 1...

BurrMan, Yes I do not want to take to stealing Porsches, but when you do the right thing to BUY one and the dealership starts hacking away at your features, it does make me wonder why I bothered in...

pp-TG,
Any manufacturer or developper can choose whether the still support their 1970 product and that will depend on the number still in use. (I bet you can still find spares for a 1994 VW Golf??)...

Interesting read to which I would also like to throw my 2c...
I did the "right thing" some years ago and bought legal versions of Solidworks 2010 SP0 and a Cam package (not related to DS). I was...

Interesting read to which I would also like to throw my 2c...
I did the "right thing" some years ago and bought legal versions of Solidworks 2010 SP0 and a Cam package (not related to DS). I was...

The Control is a Anilam GXM (Crusader) from circa 1987~
I am using a post that was converted from Mastercam 9. The post was working fine in 9 and I am sure it never gave problems in X3....something...

I am stuck with a particular problem regarding the way Mastercam posts my arc moves. I suspect that the problem must lie with either the machine/ control definition, or with the post itself. I have...

Thank you Al, I will see if i can get hold of a phase/ vector VFD and put it to the test.
Pieter

Thank you AL, I was told today that since the motor has 6 wires, it might be wired as star internally and that this will not work with a VFD. Can you see the reasoning behind this? Looking at the...

I would like to install a VFD on a Emco V10P lathe.

My current lathe works well and is fitted with a single phase, two speed motor.
I also have a 3 phase 2 speed motor that i would like to fit to...

Thank you Superman!
I had a quick look through the post and will test it soon.
M1452 interpolates W with X, Y and Z
and M1453 free the W axis from the X, Y, Z

Since my W axis is not controlled...

OK, I turned block numbering off and all the blank lines are now gone.
The block numbers are totally abscent in the nc file, but that is fine with me and easy enough to put back with Cimco.
Some...

I saw there is a switch in the post that would add the line number in the post responsible for each line of code. I will switch it on and see if it can shed some light on the blank lines.

Thank you txcncman! :cheers:
Post processor attached here. I would be interested to learn how to edit the post in order to correct the problem.
P

This is what the code looks like:

%
N0010 G37 J1
N0020 G90 G71 G0 T0 Z0.
N0030 X250. Y250.
N0040 S2000 M42
N0050 T01 F80
N0060 M3
N0070

Thank you TXCNCMAN.

That is exactly what I needed.

The post was converted successfully and I just need do make some chips to confirm it is producing solid code.

The converted post does...