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go to e-bay, type in hurco, there is a guy who is a hurco owner who has come up with an excellent replacement for the trackball for $225.00. ron

look up Potomac Electric on the net. they are in the boston area. Leny is the guy to talk to there. he has replacement motors that work very well to replace the baldor motors. i think they are shown...

each hurco mill comes with a cdrom which contains the operators manual and parts list and wiring diagrams. take a look around and see if you can locate it. the files are in pdf format and can be...

the tool changer transmission housing is full of oil. the cup shows that is full. the cup should be about half full at all times. if you watch the level in the oil cup, you will see it changes level...

1. bad speed sensing prox switch in head.
2. speed control board (usually in left-hand cabinet).
3. Someone has had the mechanical part of the speed control apart (behind cover on the front of the...

do you use norton antivirus? if so check to see what the "INTRUSION" setting is set at. if it is on, try turning it off. found in the past that this can limit file size transfer. most transfer issues...

this could be caused by a bad floppy, bad hd, or drive controller on the cpu. try a new floppy first. standard 1.44 floppy. make sure no one has had their hands in the console or card rack moving...

the normal hour meter in software runs anytime servo power is up. (not during e-stop) the other hour meter you refer to is probably the spindle hour meter. hurco went to this arrangement many years...

here are some views from the hurco operator's manual. hope they will help. please note that hurco controls come with what is called "hurco basic nc". There are also two nc options available for the...

Probably a Hawk 5? Yes the mirror function works very well. A real plus is if your climb cutting, your mirrored cut will also climb cut. The manual should be good on mirror patterns. Do Original-...

What version is the software? Is the probe Z minimum depth set too short in the probing setup for the tool being probed? There is a rapid Z position for each tool and a monimum Z depth at which the Z...

open the head cover. above the spindle is the knock-out cylinder that pushes done on the drawbar to release the tool. on the left side of the cylinder is a bracket with two microswitches. the top...

have you been sending dxf files to the hurco in the past? if so, you have have the dxf software option already. next is your machine a max3 isa machine? (is the machine white?) if this is the case,...

look at your crt's. do they say Z Axis in Phelps, NY. if so, call these people. they repair them. the video signal is standard vga. the idc flat cable you mention, in the max3 consoles, are early...

all km3's have ball screws. the bx control was hurco's first conversational control. the dual screen max controls came out in about 1984. they were a major step up from the "b" controls. the idea of...

PUSH THE MODE KEY THAT SAYS SINGLE. THEN PUSH THE START BUTTON FOR EACH BLOCK. IF YOU ARE IN G CODE, THE CONTROL WILL EXECUTE THE PROGRAM LINE BY LINE. IF YOU ARE IN CONVERSATIONAL, THE CONTROL ACTS...

stu m3, green monitors have been gone for a long time. the ssm console was an economical alternative to the more costly dual screen. customer's choice of consoles. unhook the vga cable to your...

chances are if you turn the machine off for any length of time, you will have the same problem. this is caused by the battery back-up on the memory board. your machines are probably '83 to '91...

read the manual. there is a complete operator manual on a cd furnished with the machine. if you do not have the cd, call hurco!! ron

open a milling block - - lines and arcs - - 3d arc. arc can be struck from any point to any point. fill in the blanks. if you need multiple arcs along a line or rotated about a point, use loop...

I have a Hawk 5M. It is the successor to the KM5P. Solid machine for a knee mill. Your mill is probably a Max2 control. The Max2 did not have the DXF software option available. You executive is in...

what model machine and software version? ron [email protected]

if you have a vm series hurco, the ultinet option can be purchased from hurco for $1350. that is their current price on that option. it includes the network card, cable from the card to the cabinet,...

have you got your indexer hooked up to the indexer port? do you have the manual for your machine? it will show the proper pinout. if you don't have the manual, i do. it's about 10mb in pdf. have you...

all hurcos will "drip feed". start your download. you will notice that the memory percentage will go down to 10% and stop loading. this is to allow for editing the beginning of the program. begin...

if your files are *.hd3, then your control is a max three and you should be able to either print them from the parallel port to a printer or save to disk as a txt file. depends on software version....

pghcncman is on the right track. the memory board is probably where you should start. the boards were built with four chips called dallas ram that stored the programs and configuration, including the...

have you found the way to set the tool change height? there are several hidden screens to set various control parameters, including tool change height. call steve artzs at hurco (317-293-5309) or...

do you have the manual for the machine? speed board uses a prox switch to measure speed. pull the sheet metal cover from the front of the head (right in front of you when you are standing in front of...

8, 1, none is setup for conversational programs. i believe you need to use 7, 1 0r 2, even for g-code file transfer. been a while since i've set one up, but if you call hurco and talk to steve artz,...