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We ended up buying a new ST-20 lathe instead of the VF-4SS. It has the belt type conveyor instead of the screw auger, and after using both I like the conveyor better.

I'm 99% sure #6026 doesn't work on NGC, but for everything older than NGC #6026 is correct. I use #6026 all the time.

Has anyone found a LED that can be put in the 50W Haas LED light fixture? We replaced one today with a Haas OEM light, but they are ridiculously priced for what it is. I would think a more common...

Our shop currently has a 2001 SL-20 with a 10 station bolt on turret. We have a brand new ST-20 with a 12 station bolt on turret on order. I am trying to figure out if we can keep any of our...

My boss and I were discussing last night about if we were to purchase a new machine in the next 12-24 months, how would we option it. On the Haas website we built our hypothetical new VF-4SS. The...

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To say the pump was worn out is an understatement. The housing really wasn't worn, but both shafts were worn badly which let the gears wear funny. To band aid it back...

I have a 2008 VF4 with 300psi TSC. I think the TSC pump is getting weak. This machine has ran A LOT of cast iron thru it. I have one tool in particular that I get a low TSC pressure alarm on. On...

I quit having my next gen software updated because every time it was updated they would fix one thing and screw something else up. Last summer I actually had the software "downgraded" according to...

The service techs can't change parameters either. After a software update awhile back, I had our service tech reassign the table platter on our EC-1600 from A to B to allow DWO to work. I had a...

Have you checked your coolant concentration? Years ago, we had some problems with aluminum galling into the flutes of the tap, and when the tap came out it would tear the threads up. Upped the...

Is US Tool & Cutter in Farmington Hills, MI still in business? The phone number we have says it is disconnected. If they are no longer in business, did someone buy them out? I have a grooving tool...

The trailing zeros in the macro call are a Next Gen. Control "issue" "glitch", whatever you want to call them. I can't tell you right off hand which version update they started with, but I've had...

I cut o-ring grooves in some parts just yesterday. I use a macro routine to ramp in to depth. For what you are doing, how I would program it would be something like this:


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I'm running 100.17.000.1015, and that is fixed. I can watch graphics with the door open.



I'm not sure what to think on their new probe calibration routine. I keep wondering how accurate it...

Thanks. I wasn't sure since I'm used to bringing it to its knees with several jobs I routinely run on it.

Will a SL-20 have enough power to run a 5/8-18 geometric die head on 37-42Rc bar?

Has Haas improved on bugs in the new control? Yes, current software has less bugs than earlier versions. Do they have all the bugs out? HELL NO! Are there software problems that are on the "known...

A 2003 machine I am going to guess will be plug and play. I just checked our 2008 VF-4, and where you select a rotary in the settings page, you can select either a brush or brushless HA5C and I...

You didn't say what year the machine is that you are wanting to put the brush type rotary in, but from what service techs have told me, even with a converter box a brush rotary will not work with a...

I'm scared to ask, but will anyway.....what is wrong with the update after 1030? I know some demo machines were running 100.16.000.1031 at the PRI show in December. I'm running 1030 now, and...

I have experienced jerky hand jog movements as well. I think it has even jerked around while running a program. I was drilling holes last week and the Z axis position would be moving as it should,...

The only time(s) I had it try to put the spindle thru a part is when I restarted the program in the middle and it didn't read the H value right on restart.

I was updated to software...

Nightmare, bugs up the ass.....yep, that's about par for the course. We got a new EC-1600 at the end of November last year. The control has had problems from the start. Salesman was blowing and...

When you would have a problem, did the "Door Open" icon ever come on the screen? When ours would screw up I never saw a "Door Open" icon, and in my mind I don't see how it can be a door switch...

I will give Haas credit, one nice addition to the NG control is that it keeps track of trial option time and counts it down for you.

Apparently, the part about using standard axis convention is pretty important. I was working on a new part last month and the applications guy from the local dealer was in the area and stopped by...

I have spoken with applications about this, the new variable is #32014. The problem is that primarily I am wanting to take programs between this new machine and a 2008 VF4 and the VF4 doesn't like...

The example I gave of the control not allowing the use of the macro lines to select which machine it is was just an example of how "new and improved" in my particular case didn't help me at all. The...

I am wondering if anyone on the board here is using a machine with Haas' new Next Generation Control, and if they are having issues with it. It is my understanding that for now this control is only...

Variable #4012 should do what you are wanting.