I cannot give much more explanation other than what I included with the pictures in an earlier post. The holder is the cylindrical part with an external thread and a replaceable aluminum insert. The...
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I cannot give much more explanation other than what I included with the pictures in an earlier post. The holder is the cylindrical part with an external thread and a replaceable aluminum insert. The...
You may be going a bit fast. At 3250 rpm with a four flute cutter taking .001" per tooth you need about 18ipm, i.e. About half the speed you have (if my math is correct).
Don't do this on anything critical such as very high pressure piping. A tapered thread mill doing a single interpolation will make a thread that looks tapered to the naked eye but it is not a true...
Take a copy of your program to your HFO or send it to Haas in Oxnard and have them run it on each machine. You do not need tools or parts just the machining running a full cycle.
You are not buying an "entry to mid level machine" why are you cheaping out on the tool holders?
Your spindle will be much happier, now and in ten years time, if the only tool holders you have...
Lifting a VF3 with a 20,000lb forklift is childsplay, provided you have long forks. A GR510 is much more fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVrwxm0IPwA
The video is in this thread:...
Did you try using the feed over ride keys? Rigid tapping ignores any over ride so it could be that a faulty over ride key is giving a spurious signal that locks the control.
The motion hours are also spurious; it is impossible to have motion hours larger than servo on hours because the servos cause the motion.
That is a good question and I think the answer is a qualified yes; although you might get people who say no.
The qualification is that with modern tooling and CAM hard to machine materials can be...
You say " you know the prices are substantially inflated they want $1695 for 750mb of memory ... but to some extent this is not the case. The base price is for a minimalist machine which can allow...
You have been told the cause of the problem but nobody mentioned how to get the X axis off the hard stop at the end of the ballscrew; I am guessing that is how the machine is sitting while you are...
No the rotary stays inside off to the right.
I just noticed you mention VF2/3: For changing the rotary on our VF2 I modified an engine hoist so the feet could straddle the base of the machine.
Is this the one you remember?
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/haas-mills/22023-super-minimill-vise-rotary-changeover.html
Have you unplugged everything and then reconnected? The encoder signals are logic level current and voltage and the connections are just as prone to developing bad contact due to oxidation as any...
Inside the electrical cabinet on the main control board there are Phase indicator LEDs labelled PASS/FAIL just have a look at these to see if the phasing is correct. The Through Spindle Coolant pump...
I should have thought to tell you my failsafe method (so far); bang on the side of the control box with your fist. This has 'fixed' an intermittent glitch in my jog wheel for several years. Someday I...
It took me about three hours to make a few aluminum brackets and cut and install a flat polycarbonate cover on my first MiniMill; the formed cover was not available back then so I did not save myself...
To answer your last question first: Treat the TL machines the same as you would a regular CNC lathe with the tool on the side opposite from the operator. Somewhere in the Toolroom Lathe addendum to...
Alternatively you may want to use two different Ds for the same tool.
It is overkill but you may be stuck with it if you have to stay within Code.
I think the 2.5 multiplier for starting current and safety is based mainly on large induction motors which will draw...
It is machine ON time so if you activate them and just leave the machine powered up your time is running away.
Question for you:
The floor toolpaths that show the tight little swirls, are they trochoidial paths? (I don't think my spelling is correct.)
I cannot answer your question despite having a VF0 that made the same noise when doing a rapid on the X axis. I hauled off all the covers and tried to identify which it was even using an engine...
You want to make multiple parts from one length of stock before you stop the machine and pull the bar out further? That is what it sounds like.
If this is the case you need to read up on G52...
It sounds like you have moved the headstock. You can check whether the face of the chuck is parallel to the X axis using an indicator, and you will probably find it is out the same as your X taper.
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Are you aware this is the Haas Mill forum????????
Do a custom search here on CNCzone using 'grid offset haas' and you will find many posts dealing with this type of problem.
Before doing anything else just increase your coolant concentration. If you are using 5% go to 10%; if you are already at 10% try 15%. The coolant itself is probably not causing the rusting but if...
Look into getting a screw compressor. These are very quiet but something like 3 or 4 times the cost of a reciprocal.
You say the current spec is 5.5" so probably even if you found an older spec it would also be to only one decimal; which is not precise enough. For installing a toolpost you need accuracy of...