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Have you tried the VMWare Player? Like this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djJlwW5qIz8

Still stuck with this card problem. Anyone with ideas? Thanks, Gary

My BMC20 was powered off for about 3 weeks and when I went to use it, the parameters had been lost. I was able to load defaults and get the mill running at that point. So, I researched and found...

I have a BMC 20 and the monitor and console are, I believe powered from the 24V lead from the DC power supply in the left hand control cabinet on the back of the mill. Take a meter and check your DC...

Here is the thread where Bloke gives all the information I needed to replace mine. Yes, it is all pretty straight forward and you shouldn't have any trouble doing it.
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No rigid tapping on the older Hurco's. You may want to get a floating tap holder, used on machines with no rigid tapping cycle. One like these: ...

Here is a link to the Tutorial video that John Saunders (NYCCNC) created.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a43S2y7Ccy8

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You can use a thread mill with HSMXpress. You will need to define your threadmill tool as a regular endmill in HSMXpress. HSMXpress and HSMWorks will generate the helical moves in gcode that the...

Steve,

Attached is the section of the Machine Operation & Maintenance manual for my BMC-20 that details the air-lube setup. I would expect your MD3 would be the same or similar.

Cheers,
Gary

For your probing, get one of these: Universal 3D-Sensor - HAIMER USA
I have one and highly recommend it.

For tool setting, I use one of the electronic touch-off blocks that I can set on the vise...

This seems backwards to me as well. But what do I know? :p

Sorry I don't know that control, I'm on Ultamax II, but I'm glad to see another member of the Hurco community posting. Congratulations on your mill purchase.

I cannot see it fitting under a 7' door. Looks like you would need at least 8'.

There is a hole through the middle of the casting, behind the head, that you will want to put a 1" or so bar...

If you have (or wire up) a null-modem cable, you should be able to connect 2 PCs together and test with Hyperterm that way, sending files to see if a stream of characters appear on other PC.

Are you using the same desktop PC as last year? Are your comm ports on the desktop enabled? Are you drip-feeding straight from SheetCam? I'm not near my mill at the moment, but I use an old laptop...

There are bargains to be had. I wonder what the winning bidder was willing to push the final price up to.

Double check to make sure you plugged your cable ends back onto the right connections on the boards. Yes, I plugged mine incorrectly after pulling cards for cleaning after I got my mill.

What's the temperature where you are? I have to put a heater (or 2) in my control cabinets this time of year to pre-heat the electronics before I can even think about powering mine up. My BMC-20...

I'm not the OP, but your observation could be worth investigating within the Diag screen to possibly get a clue to what might be happening. I have a BMC20 and the Diag screen shows low air and a...

Tell us about your transformer. If you were going straight from your rotary converter to the mill, it seems like I remember the generated (3rd) leg causing some problems with certain CNC equipment,...

Congrats on your new machine. Replies sometimes take a few days, as not everyone checks this forum every day.

Just get the part number off the video card and look on ebay. I got a 91 BMC20 that had multiple issues when I bought it and got used replacement parts off ebay and now have a nice running machine.

Bloke,

Your instructions say,

"Undo the locking set screw on the bearing nut."
"Undo the bearing nut."

There were 2 set screws (90 degrees apart) and I removed them, but how does the...

Most places I read on the net state that the BMC-20 is 6000 rpm spindle, but the 6000 seems to only refer to the servo rpm. My actual spindle is geared down to 4000 and says so in the manual. I...

I've sent 2 emails to the email address you noted above and have not gotten a reply. My emails did not bounce, the address must be good, so maybe you took a couple days off. Check your spam and...

The 4 sliding metal chip deflector/covers on my BMC20 were laying in the enclosure when I got the mill. You prolly ain't gonna believe this, but they were all bent to h*** :eek: and completely...

That's a nicely written set of instructions. Thanks!

Linear rail.

I may have previously noted how noisy my Y-axis movement is. It sounds like an angry cement mixer when moving Y+ (table moving toward me), but is fairly quiet going back in the Y- direction. From...

Sounds like I should start playing the same lotto numbers as you. Or at the very least, get the name and number for your service tech.