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did you ever figure out what happened, I am having the same issue now

Well, looks like spindle motor is suspect. I connected to the paired together leads up at the spindle motor, ohms where good at .34-.38, BUT it there is a short to ground, and the megohmmeter shows...

Well, started trouble shooting after getting some good advice on ways to start. Thinking the spindle motor is bad, I don't have a megohmeter, so I used a multi meter to test ohms. I disconnect the...

Update, I finally got the 1170 board repaired. Machine powers up but the spindle inverter is not powering up. Bummer.......
I will later test to make sure all three legs are getting power at the...

I have no open lines between the ground and those terminals. When ever the machine would not power up the red led blinked on the external spindle brake, and I decided to take a look at the board. It...

But how do you find dead shorts if you have the inverter grounded will it not always show resistance through any of the line connections and ground? Am I supposed to disconnect the ground from the...

All three Inverter LineIN terminals show some resistance between them and ground. I checked incoming power again and all three lines are between 223 and 226 today. The varistor on the surge...

Then I am not sure what would cause it. I finally was able to squeeze my probes for my good multi-meter in the square d box on the machine, and it show steady 227-229v between all three legs. I kept...

I bought this phase perfect new because it was more expensive, but wanted to do it right and do it only once......
The digital readout states 227/228/229v output, 227 input
I had taken a handfull...

Waaaaaa! I installed the new fuse, threw the switch and POP! So depressed, I had really hoped it was just a bad fuse. I wish I had setup video so I could see exactly where the spark came from, it...

How much did that end up costing?

Yeah, I spoke too soon. When I posted it was fine, that was just to get it to power up, never tried to run it. Before I could not get the fans to get to speed, machine light was dim and could not get...

Just to update, I reseated several connections, and poof, two times I have powered up with no signs of problems. So either my inverter is on its way out and picking when it wants to work, or a...

Converter is phase perfect pt-330, inverter is freqrol z300. Phase perfect specs says unlike a rotary phase converter you don't need to double the hp to have it run.

Mine is not listed in the manual you posted, mine must be older. It is a freqrol z300

Time fly's by and my memory is so-so but believe it to be 2 years old. I bought it new and it has probably 300 hours on it.

update, played with it a little this morning. The card with the red...

It is a 93 vmc40, it is hooked up a phase perfect 10hp digital converter that is putting out 226v

I had this problem when I first received it and replaced the power supply with a new one, and never had any major problems, maybe once in a while it would give me trouble, not not often.....until...

Bummer, I had been hoping that it was me and not the software..... I guess I will need to live with it.
thanks BurrMan :)

I create multiple UCS for each part, one for each operation.
I have attached a picture of an example. In this my TOP ucs is in the upper right hand corner of the part. I created another ucs for...

I must be doing something wrong. I can never get the dimensions to go off of my Active UCS, it only goes off of the Top UCS and it is driving me crazy. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Is...

I though the boundary was to keep it inside an area, learned something new. I tried what you did and still got it to curve over the edges with my current file, but unzipped the file I have on this...

Yeah, v29. I can build the solid out to have it go far enough out, just was hoping there is an easier way as I have a bunch of parts to make (all different) that will need to be rough milled in the...

Hi all, I am having trouble getting a simple angle roughed out with an end mill, it will just not go all the way to the end of the part, unless I choose "3d extents", and when I do it rounds the...

Sorry, did not notice this reply, if you still want it, please pm me and we can setup the sale of the transformer. Any way to tell if it is the drive or encoder?

The RPM on the screen does not fluctuate, but don't think it shows anything but what is commanded as it does not have rigid tapping so not sure if it actually shows true rpm. It has been running fine...

I finally had my first crash with my Fadal, got lazy and complacent, loaded a new program that I was pretty sure was just fine without watching the first tool run, turned my back and it rammed the...

I have a 93 vmc40 with dc servos and every time I power down the machine I home it so I don't have to hand jog for the startup. Well last week I had a x axis fault, as it looks like it may had...

Ding ,ding ,ding! We have a winner! Thanks Jrmach, this has been several times you have helped me. Bobcad should have you on payroll ;)

Hey Engine Guy, what tool path did you pick for that? Like I said, I know another software MUCH better and can ask a co-worker for help if I hit a road block, and BOB is my hobby software, so I have...