Thanks Bostosh .
Haas isnt a great idea for me as i doubt Haas South Africa would want to repair a "grey" machine and i dont think there are many private Haas repair guys in this neck of the woods ....
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Thanks Bostosh .
Haas isnt a great idea for me as i doubt Haas South Africa would want to repair a "grey" machine and i dont think there are many private Haas repair guys in this neck of the woods ....
Thanks Jim .
I was advised to fly to Ontario by Machine Station .
And thanks for the links ill check them out .
Justin
Hi Guys .
Im looking at buying a used vmc from the US .
Problem is im in South Africa .
I want to fly over to the US for a few days and have a look at a few machines from a few suppliers .
Ive...
Thanks for trying anyway .
I appreciate it !!
Thank you . Much appreciated .
Hi dhardt .
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Attached is a picture of the name plate etc etc .
Our local Daewoo/Doosan agent has told me that there isnt anything available for this machine .
Serial number : 410091
Year...
Hi Guys .
I know this is a long shot but you never know .
I just got myself a used Daewoo ACE-V30 machining centre with a Fanuc OM control .
Its a 1990 model so yes fairly old .
I didnt get any...
Heavy Metal ...you have a PM .
G28 U0.0 W0.0 works when you want to send the turret home and its slightly easier than G27
Hi Guys ....
I have a slight problem .
I have an Ikegai with a fanuc 6tb control .
Problem is sometimes i make a mistake with my G50 AND G27 co-ordinates .
So the machine goes home after on the...
What machine is it ?
It cant be very heavy if they will ship for free also look out for free shipping...it lands up at OUR post office and then you pretty much buggered .
Ive learnt my lesson and...
Thanks Fordav I will certainly give it a bash .
Just got another 2 lathes with 6t controls(1x6ta and 1x6tb) and need to get the parameters copied and saved .
This could save me a bunch of time ....
I just write mine down on paper , make a few copies and store in different places including the control itself.
My BTR doesnt allow me to send programs back to the pc so im sure i would be able to...
Thanks
Ive replied .
Yes that is a problem.
I have to use single line programming for any cutouts/undercuts that i need to do.
Its a pain to program and with the small memory sometimes i need to put the parts back for...
Yes i tend to agree with Superman . I think its the processing speed thats slowing things down .
After looking at a program i did in Bobcad, it seems to break arcs up into a whole bunch of arcs...
:( i get an 065 alarm so i guess i dont have the option .
Ok im still fairly new at programming but im going to give it a bash just now and see if it works .
From what ive read its a better option to use type 2 anyway .
I recently experienced the same problem on my mill with an OM-D control .
I got hold of Fanuc "south africa" and there is nothing we can do about it .
These controls dont have look ahead so ill...
Would a 6T-A have this option ?
Thats not your alarm code by the way O0005 is your program number N0005 is where the control last read in the program i THINK .
You have a not ready alarm .
I think you not getting a ready signal...
Ok thanks keebler .
Yes the file he sent me was a .sldprt file so then that would be native .
Thanks for the reply
Thanks LeWhite .
Not sure what native means exactly ...
But ill ask them to send in another format as u mentioned and see if it works .
Hey Guys .
Ive got V25 .
Last week a customer sent me a solidworks file and i opened it etc etc etc .
This week my customer has made some changes to his part but now i cant seem to open it .
I...
Ok . Im not too sure what encoders ive got but i do know they are the red cap motors and im pretty sure its an ALPHA series encoder .
Good luck and hope you get it sorted .
Ive got an O-MD control but im sure its almost the same .
In the electrical cabinet you will have a smallish black box with the 2 green fuses on it .
Thats a power supply of some sorts .
When my...
Im not sure if youve tried this yet .... press P and cancel at the same time while powering up the control.
Then zero return .
See if that helps you .
Ok no problem mine is an FX25N.
Mine is a fx25n if im not mistaken .
Six position turret with parts catcher etc etc ? is this the same model as yours ?
I have an Ikegai with a 6ta control .
I think i have a list of the parameters i can give you
Hi Bill .
I reckon you might just be right , although im no pro at programming im pretty sure the code above should work .
Ill try find someone here that works on the control and see if i can get...