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Hi Jim.
Thanks for your rely.
Australia is full of low lying towns due to the rivers being used for transport of timber from the early days. Floods (and droughts, bush fires and storms) are a fact...

As I don't have a spare $600k and another 30 years to rebuild my shop,
recovery is the primary aim right now.

One machine is back up and running, two more are awaiting bearings. The cnc's may be...

Hi All.

I'm looking for ideas on protecting machines when we get the next big flood.

Previous floods were 800mm high and machines were protected with poly sheeting taped to the floor.

The...

Hi All.

Many thanks for your thoughts.
My machine needs "x000" for timing, and is working as expected. A P2.0 alarms out to an illegal decimal place.
Changing the G28 UO. to U0. didn't affect...

Hi All.
Long time lurker, first time poster.
I have a new to me Shenyang lathe with an Oi-TC controller.
I'm trying to get a bar puller set up.

The code below does all as expected until line...

Hi Chaps.

Thanks for your replies. There is a Pot page where I can assign tools to pots but it only goes to 30 tools. I'm fairly new to CNC and while this home-grown method works well enough and...

Hi All.
Long time lurker, first time poster.
I have an Extron 216 with a 16 pot umbrella style tool changer.
I have about 60 tool holders set up and numbered to allow quick changes between jobs....