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It too bad they don't set up the Haas machines to be able output probe measurement right to the screen. For example....

You use the probe to measure the size of a bore after machining. It would...

Thanks Richard.

Expanding mandrels would be used for doing the internal threads as well. We have some guys the used to work at Parker and that's how their older VDF lathes were configured. The mandrels were set in...

I'm interest in doing the tubes between centers using expanding mandrels in both ends of the tubes. Doing it this way would allow machining of both ends at the same time, no dial indicating needed.

Cylinder sizes are 3" - 6" o.d. tubes with lengths from 8.5" - 65".

NPT ports are currently welded on a head of time and cylinder caps with porting are welded on afterwards.

We currently do...

Is anyone on the forum currently building hydraulic cylinders on cnc lathes. We are currently looking at simplifying/increasing our cylinder production. Just looking for feed back on what equipment...

Does anyone here add an oiler to the air line to lube the pneumatics?

Does the oiler at the rear of a VF-6/50 and VF-11/50 lubricate the pneumatics of the machine as well as the machine ways?

10/22 :banana:

Do you have a website?

Thanks

Got any pictures?

It's hard to change the coolant placement when it's spraying out of the end of the tool. :drowning:

I changed from using through spindle coolant to just the programable nozzle.

I think that you miss understood what I'm talking about. On the VF-6 the doors are bent at a 90deg. angle at the top towards the back of the machine. When the doors are closed, they cover the...

This question is for anyone currently using a VF-11. What are you doing to keep coolant contained inside the machine and not spraying up over the doors?

Our VF-6 has the doors built so that the...

Is it possible on a Haas VF series machine to output the probed size of a bore directly to the screen. I realize I can just go in and look at variable #188 and read the size, but I'd like to be able...

That's a good idea with adjusting the lower limit on the Z axis Geoff. I will remember that when it comes time to install the idexing head.

This question is for anyone that has installed a Haas indexing head on their mill. I've got a new VF-6/50 here in the shop that we are looking at adding an indexing head to. At the time of purchase...

I have been storing programs on the hard drive of my new VF-6/50 via our network, only because I can't get the machine to recognize the network. Or I would be accessing a directory on the network to...

Yes they did. I was just using the 900 series programs as an example.

Put the machine into jog away mode and the AUX Coolant button will work and stop the spindle and coolant flow.

Matt

On my new Haas VF-6/50 is there a way to out put all the programs, to either the hard drive or a USB drive, all at once with out having them all go into one file. I'd like to copy all the 9000...

Is there a setting in the machine that I can change, so that when a program comes to an M01 and the machine stops, I can manually remove the tool from the spindle without pressing reset and...

The only reason I wanted to see the variable was to confirm I was picking the correct one for setting up my probe in the MCam post.

I'll just have to trust that the manual is correct unless...

Thanks. I'll give that I try. I was hoping you could just scroll down through then like you can from #1-#999

Matt

Is there anyway to look at the system variables on my new Haas VF6-50? I can look at the macro variables but I can't seem to find the system variable pages.

Thanks,

Matt

Finally got the hard drive of our new VF-6/50 mapped onto the network. I can send a program to it perfectly. But if I want to erase the program from my PC or from the machine's controller, the...

If you have 100 tools but only 30 pockets to put them in, why would I keep changing the offset value all the time when there are 200 offsets to use?

Matt

Good Moring Donkey. I didn't realize that I had not said this post was in regards to the VQC and the work probe and tool probe. I have both. The probes work fine with the VQC as they are intended....

Can the VQC be changed so that when you are measuring tool offsets you can enter the actual offset number instead of the tool number? It makes more sense to set the actual offset you want instead of...