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    Re: Cincinnati Arrow Retrofit

    That sounds awesome, I am glad you are making progress. I wonder if that is why I am struggling with this one too. Above roughly 2000rpms, the drive faults out and kills the power. Seems like it is...
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    Working to get VM16 up and running

    Success!!!! So I went into the bios again and there was another line talking about boot sequence and it was directing it to the A: I changed it to look for the HDD and it booted to the centurion...
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    Working to get VM16 up and running

    I have the adapter and an old keyboard and have been in the bios to set the clock and date. Is there a particular place where I can make changes in the bios to have it do what it needs to? I changed...
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    Working to get VM16 up and running

    Hello all, I need a little help. I am a new owner of a 1997 VM16 with a Centurion VI control and could use a little help. The machine had a bad CMOS battery in the Dallas chip. It wouldn't let me...
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    Re: Cincinnati Arrow Retrofit

    Like you I have an Arrow 1000 that I am retrofitting. I went the linuxcnc/mesa card route on mine. It cost me more to move the thing than it was to purchase.. it came out of a prototype shop and i...
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    SL1A rs232 comm problems

    Hey all,

    I am looking for a little help. I have a Mori-Seiki SL1A that I picked up to start CNC turning. It has the yasnac LX-1 control. I have worked on this thing for quite a while trying to...
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    Re: Arrow 1000 Spindle Drive

    What inputs are required to get the drive into open loop mode for the normal operations and out of position mode? I tried to leave a the wiring in place and work within the schematic so tracing would...
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    Re: Arrow 1000 Spindle Drive

    Thanks for the replies, they have been helpful for my understanding. This is the wiring diagram where it references a "high torque" signal.

    Here's the funny thing, the z axis drive was offline...
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    Re: Arrow 1000 Spindle Drive

    I ended up doing some diagnostics and going through my RPC and upsizing the feeder wires and it helped with the faulting of the spindle drive.

    I am now calibrating the 0-10v signals but is seems...
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    Re: Arrow 1000 Spindle Drive

    I sent him an email. I did some searching on the kollmorgen site and it seems I may have found the software. Is it motionlink plus? I will also look at the grounds to see if I have problems there as...
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    Arrow 1000 Spindle Drive

    Hello all,
    I am looking for some help in getting my Arrow 1000 up and going. I am doing a LinuxCNC retrofit with Mesa Cards to interface with the machine wiring. I have the axes moving and I am a...
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    Re: Last offer on A2100 CNC pendant, & io board

    I was poking around in the service menu and seen a menu for drive setup. I hit verify drive parameters and I got "error-unable to connect to drive" on all the drives. Also I had my daughter hit the...
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    Re: Last offer on A2100 CNC pendant, & io board

    I am probably showing my ignorance here but could the parameters be hand jammed based on the data on the disk that came with the machine(servo tuning etc.) To overcome the version differences?
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    Re: Last offer on A2100 CNC pendant, & io board

    Where would I get such a disk. Here is a photo of the screen. It looks like the file is /WINNT/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEM. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210820/ae54f274b937411ae5661b0029262df0.jpg
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    Re: Last offer on A2100 CNC pendant, & io board

    I do have the hard drive from my previous A2100. I attempted the swap but I got an error that it was missing a source file and said that it could be restored from a floppy/CD. I have the floppy that...
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    Re: Last offer on A2100 CNC pendant, & io board

    So the drives are black vickers bds4 drives and the servos are vickers as well. When i fire it up and everything passes diagnostics the pendant shows X position,Y position,Z axis says "not ready" and...
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    Re: Last offer on A2100 CNC pendant, & io board

    I purchased this setup and was able to hook it up to my arrow 1000 that was defunct in an attempt to get it running. I was pleased to see that everything powers up but I can't seem to get it to...
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    Arrow 1000 servo replacement

    I just picked up a 99 arrow 1000 for a great price. It is missing the x axis servo. Apparently the place that I got it from had it sent off for repair and they lost it in transit. According to the...
  19. Thread: Lathe Turret

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    Re: Lathe Turret

    That sounds awesome. I would love to see some pics of it. I will take some pics of mine too.

    Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
  20. Thread: Lathe Turret

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    Re: Lathe Turret

    I didn't end up going that way. I found a 8 position lio shang turret that was already to the point where I could integrate it. I am working on getting the hydraulic piece of it done for the locking...
  21. Thread: Lathe Turret

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    Lathe Turret

    I am looking to design and build a lathe tool turret for my Graziano SAG12 lathe that I am converting to CNC. I have been looking for a small diameter tool turret for an economical price but have not...
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    Lathe tool changer

    Hey cnc gurus. I have a graziano sag-12 that I am converting over to cnc control. I plan on running mach 3 for the software and either servos or closed loop steppers for the z and x axes. I am...
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    Re: J425 w/Dynapath delta 20

    For anyone that was having problems with their rs-232 and no wiring seemed to fix it, I fixed mine by replacing the aux board. I called dynapath and they told me that it was common for the line...
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    Re: J425 w/Dynapath delta 20

    Is it normal for it to light up immediately upon connection to the control?

    Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk
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    J425 w/Dynapath delta 20

    Hey all you Tree gurus. I have a Journeyman 425 that has the dynapath delta 20 on it. Everything seems to run just fine but I can't seem to get the rs232 port running. I plugged in an rs232 tester(in...
  26. Thread: stumped

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    Re: stumped

    I don't know if this would help you but my j425 had lost its parameters in the frequency drive and it caused this error. I went through and added them in with the keys on the front and it powered up...
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