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I know this might be a little late. But have you looked at this thread.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/ajaxcnc-control-products/110089-plc-documentation-centroid-software.html
The ajax lathe is a...

Thanks Gus and m4martin,

I did some digging on the heidenhain website last night and found the mounting instruction and interface circuit control manual. it described the mp I was looking for. I...

I am helping a friend who just purchased two bridgeports with Tnc 151's. I am used to my tnc-360 and i am having some issues trying to access the user parameters. I hit the mod button till i get to...

I know on chirons it is a w or auxiliary axis. what model hiedenhain. usually you don't touch x, y, z, a, b, c, I would use u' v, w. On a willemin 408 they use 6.

Marcus

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I am looking For tool company's other than Big Kaiser and Techniks, that have Hsk 40 A and E Tool Holders. And i am looking for Hsk40A Lathe tools. We just acquired a couple of Chirons. We need to...

I use Hot glue and Double sided stick tape( not foam tape ). I use the hot glue just to seal the edges so coolant wont mess up the tape. Sticky tape works really well for thin long parts and for...

figured it out with some help From Paul Andrews,
you format your comment switch like this

comments !( ) Start and ending comment characters

this worked.
cheers
Marcus

I tried that. but the comments have to be on a line by itself. it will error out and say cant understand word omments. That was the first thing I tried. I got it to work kinda. I changed the...

i want to be able to not have a line number in front of a comment. But in mpost the comments have to be on a line by itself. I want the rest of the program to have line numbers.

this is what the...

I Did. I doubled checked making sure the x was going the right direction. It ended being and issue with the post exe file. I got a updated executable file From Paul Andrews. And when i posted the...

Are you clamping on the inside or outside?
This method works for both ways. I would dial in the center of the chuck. Make an aluminum ring with dowwel pins in it at three points. Drill...

I am using Velocity 3. My issue is When i construct different views and post the 4th axis values are inverse of what they should be. I did a test with a 4th axis trim cut and that works fine. the...

You might need to turn the tool table on in the machine parameters via the mod button.

I had to. My parameter might be different because I have a tnc 360.

When you set a tool use the position...

Spindle override will not work without an encoder on the spindle. I have a tnc 360 series 1.
mine does not have an encoder so i have manually change the speed.


The axis will not jog untill...

finally got a hold of the guy that services our machine. I was using m55 then m30 at the end per the manual. But it needed to be m54 witch counts the part then m99. it alarms out when the part...

I was wondering if anybody new if there was a parameter to change so that machine stops when the proper part count is achieved. I looked through our manuals and there is no button on the control. I...

Glad you got it.
cheers

Marcus :cheers:

You can define any canned cycle in m-post.
You have to edit your postform.m file. You can even use the custom options in the cycle controll tab
this is an example From Haas Vf series M-post in...

If your laptop has a express card slot you can get an adapter. these are different then a usb converter.

Syba SD-EXP15005 Serial adapter - ExpressCard/34

just a thought
cheers

marcus

What Software are you trying to connect to the machine with?

I tried surfcam dnc2 that does not work and I have a serial port. I use the tnc server software from hiedenhain. its free to...

Yes it does have the PLC functions Table. The guy I bought it from gave me all of the manuals including the techincal manual. I was able to find the code number to access the plc menu. I want to...

It is over 3/4 full of oil in the tank. But that doesn't mean the switch isn't bad it looks like the switch is normally closed. At least in the wiring diagram I am looking at. I did some quick...

Thought I would share this video. I had too make a lot of these steel parts and I didn't have a cnc lathe. So i made a fixture to hold my lathe tooling. I held the part in the spindle and went to...

Are you doing Polygonal Turning?
Is your Machine capable of doing this?
The two spindles have to be synced in order to create this task.

YouTube - Citizen - Polygon Turn Demo

Here is a link...

Hey I am looking for some help. Here Is the Issue. I have a series 1 cnc That was upgraded to a tnc-360 from a 155 before i bought. It has been working fine for about a year now. The Conversion...

Thanks Joe!!!! You gave me a huge step in the right Direction. I just finished the fine tuning. I couldn't see how t do it at first. After Looking at the same thing for hours you sometimes get...

I am using a drill cycle. The first is a spot drill then a drill cycle. .300 for depth of drill cycle. My Machine uses G83 for spot drill, drill, and peck cycle.
I Atached what i get. Here...

I need to Change the drill cycle to suit my machine But it is not working out. Here Is what I need the drill cycle to look like

P01 -.125 P02 -.500 P03 -.050 P04 1 P05 30


P01 = r plane has...

Yes that is correct. You got it.

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Hey Luke I took a short video on my phone so i apologize for the crappy resolution. I took it at work to show the process. The tool setter is to the left. I set the tools to that which is 1 inch....