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Sorry for the late reply. The short answer is that I bought a eeprom reader, read out the chips I had, then I downloaded a dosbox emulator and changed the code in FLADDER adding the G127.5 line and...

Don't get anything yet. I use fusion 360 for CAD and CAM. It's free until you produce for more than $100k/year. Start with that for testing and see that everything works before you spend anything on...

Is it a OMate? On both mate and om-c you can hit prog button until ladder comes up and then you search for G127.5. You should be able to tell from the ladder what needs to be activated to set G127.5...

I had a Mate MC control in mine that I did try drip feeding on. You need to enable drip feeding/tape mode. On my mill that part was missing in the ladder so I had to pull out the chips, read them,...

I've not been very good at updates here lately but I figured that I could add some pictures from todays project. I got a similar vice to the one I have so I can install two vices and run more parts...

I've installed a Renishaw TS20 probe (originally for a lathe) on my vertical machine center and I use it to probe tools in Z direction. For now I written a simple macro that calls the tools I...

Does the servo power on? How is your servo screen looking does it show load on the axis if you push one or have load on one of them? If not I’d start looking for something hardwired to the servo...

I wouldn’t worry to much about the fuse. I run this 2tonn machine with 3.6kW spindle, 3x 750W servo motors, flood coolant pump, conveyor screw motor + controls off a 16A breaker. I don’t do heavy...

Time for a short update again with some pictures.

I've used the machine a bit lately making usefull stuff at home. I have some customer projects incomming but doing series production is a PITA...

That explains a lot :) Is there other good ways of giving a message to the operator on what to do? Now I've used M0 and created a comment below in the program but then I have to access the program...

I created a tool probing macro and it worked great. I just wanted to input some messages for the users to know what to do but I've spent the last 4 hours googling and testing without any luck now.
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Call Fanuc or the MTB if its new. It still sounds trøstes to s parameter thats not on :S

If you go into parameters->diagnostic->700 and read off bit 5 what does it say. It's the one with 1 marked here "XX1XXXXX". Then same with 701 but bit 6 "X1XXXXXX". If the 700 one is active you can...

Could this be a interlock problem? If you click the parameter buttons can you get into the diagnostic list and check what diagnostic 600-602 and 700-702 says and post back here? I don't have many...

Do you have the line in the G code it fails on? In older fanuc (OM) moving 3 axis simultaneous is an option that had to be bought/enabled in the 900 parameters and the same goes for 4+. An error like...

25x10? Everything is possible i guess but its going to require changing the servo parametere and do servo tuning. I would say that if you don’t have experience with controls like this enough to know...

Today I've fitted the TS20 probe to my machine and done some testing. My Renishaw Mi8 interface didn't arrive but I wanted to test it anyways so I had to connect it to the regular skip input of my...

Sketched up a pull up resistor connection of the probe using a 10k I had lying around. This should give me a inverted input so that the NC probe is giving a zero at the input when it's not touching...

I got it sorted. Ended up with macros from renishaw since they where so nice and integrated into fusion 360 ^^


I do have a little follow up regarding connecting this to my machine but maybe this...

You can archive the parameters simply by taking pictures of the screens. It's really simple. If you hook it up to a computer with RS232 it's just to click output when you are in edit mode and you get...

I'm trying to write some simple macro to set Z-tool offset of a Renishaw ts20 probe. I got the basics so that I write the current Z machine position to the current tool offset when the Z stops off...

I have a renishaw ts20 probe on it's way. It's originally for a lathe but I hope I can get it working on my machine also. This means that I had to test the high speed skip signal of the OM-C...

Are you takling about the spindle bearing/clamping/holder of the motor? If it’s the motor you can get a new from Fanuc or from eBay but keep in mind that there are 3 different motors for this machine...

Having a blast milling with the machine lately. This is a mold for a customer and I hope I can get a few more jobs so I can finance a renishaw probe solution. Is there any good aftermarket probes I...

How much oil is acceptable in the coolant tray? Most of mine goes into a separate chamber so it’s easy to pick up with a oil cloth but some seems to end up floating on top of coolant like I’ve read...

Check the Bcool 755 from Blazer. It’s a newer coolant and according to the Blaser sales rep it keeps the machine cleaner and it outperforms the blasocut on most things. I haven’t tried 2000 tho and I...

Haas automation has a video series on YouTube about coolant. Just search haas coolant and you will find them. They mention this in the tools of coolant video and there are a lot of good maintenance...

The addition of Blaser coolant was so nice. The machine is so nice and clean and chips is so easy to remove. Just had to add these two boring pics since I'm on a picture frenzy here anyways. Btw...

The washdown hose mentioned in last post is just made from a regular garden sprayer. I'm looking for one in aluminum that can withstand coolant but I'm sure this $5 will last a while anyways. Really...

And more coolant preparation pics. The old tray was nasty stuff! I cleaned out as much as I could with chemical gloves by hand, cleaned it with rags and then soaked the thing in industrial cleaner...