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good day all

I've got a 98 EZPath S lathe that i'm retrofitting - would anyone know the screw size and pitch for the X and Z axis.
Please don't tell me to measure it :tired:

thanks
Mac

boy... do i feel dumb

ends up that just because the power turns on doesn't mean the controller does (nuts)

had a burnt out power supply on the controller

just happened to have a spare, in...

well... it's 1:00 here and no success as of yet
tried a new VGA cable from the controller to the screen - same little colorful box on the monitor

tried the spare video card - nothing... just that...

Good day all

came in this morning to find my Arrow 500 with a little green and yellow box displaying "cable missing" on the display screen
I've took the back off the monitor housing and checked...

if you look in the MecSoft folder - mine is in "My Computer-C-Program Files-MecSoft Corporation-VisualMill" open the VM Post Generator and select your post - you can make any changes to the post that...

Well
i went all around the mill giving it a good thumping... nothing
even hitting the table and vise with the dead-blow (not hard) - still nothing

opened and closed the door a dozen times -...

hello Mallardfizz!!

how have you been?

Control Diagram #91202971

i'll go out and give it a good beating and let you know if anything happens (chair)

here's a new one

if i close the doors to quick, on our 96 Arrow 500, the machine powers down... just like you hit the E-Stop. But, not every time :tired:

I was thinking the door interlock...

hello
I'm all self taught at this stuff but when I first got my CAM package, I was seeing the same problem. there should be a setting in you CAM to set linear segment lengths. mine was set to .1 -...

hey Al

the moment i get this thing 1/4 taken apart... someone here will need something turned - that's just life here. I, honestly, don't have any idea what is going to happen one minute to the...

good day all

we're doing a retrofit on our 98 Romi/Bridgeport EZPath S

anyone out there have dimensioned drawings of the X,Z & spindle servo motors.
need these to build adapter plates for new...

good day all

would anyone have dimensional drawings for the Kollmorgen Goldline servos that i have on my Arrow 500 or point me where to get them. I have all the manuals but did not see anything...

thanks rmarchjr - I'll do that - good to have all the sources available for this upgrade

real people are good to talk to - beats the h*ll out of the machines with S Hawkins voices

appreciate...

thanks tormachmaster

that's good to hear

thanks for the input
it's good to know if i have a question about the software, there are people here that might be able to answer those questions
...

hey slowlearner - how are you?
did you get your tool change positions going?

we've decided to go with something a little newer and not NT based.
not a lot of us that have NT knowledge here at...

hey Sam
the original servos and drives are Kollmorgen (BDS4, VFS5 and Goldline servos) running from an A2100 Vickers controller... great, great, great fantastic system - just old and causing a lot...

good day all

i have a Cincinnatti Arrow 500 that i'm about to rebuild and i'm looking at the MACH 3 controlls with Mitsubishi servos and drives from Machmotion.

anyone here have any feedback...

got it guys

apparently, you can set this up several different ways per Mike Kilroy

i used the MotionLink Plus software on a laptop hooked the VFS5... took about 15 minutes

This is from Mike...

hello all

I have everything ready to roll on my Arrow 500 with my new power supply and spindle drive

I’ve loaded the tools and aligned the machine but, when I tried a tool change command, the...

YOU ARE STILL THE MAN MALLARDFIZZ!!
that did it - i had a check in the spindle set-up box - my spindle now rotates

thanks a bunch
Mac:cheers:

it's been 7 long months of waiting for "purse string holders", repair companies and couriers but, i was finally able to throw the power to our Arrow 500

had Mike Kilroy hooked remotely to check...

good day
my cam program will only create from a part... not assemblies
I've used the "JOIN" feature to create a single part from the assembly
to avoid a long explanation, go to the help section of...

good day Joe
is it possible to hook a laptop to the drive to show the internal error?

our arrow has A2100 control with kollmorgen drives and uses "Motion Link" as the software to setup and/or...

hello folks

having a problem with the touchscreen on my Arrow 500 (A2100)

the screen and keys are not operating

when i run the Diagnostics, it's telling me "KEYPAD/TOUCHSCREEN... MISSING"
...

Do you have a HI/LOW gear handle

if you do... it could be a prox switch not making. there are 2 switches, under the guarding, on the outside of the head that the gear changer uses to tell the...

have you tried creating each part (car & marshmallows) separately and adding them to an Assembly? you would create 4 separate parts (or 2 parts if all the marshmallows are going to end up identical)...

you're going to like it!!!!
i'm guessing it's a A2100 on a VMC
there is a pile of VERY helpful guys here in the zone that know about the A2100 and Cincinnati machines

i wasn't involved in CNC...

Metal-X??

i had this happen a couple of weeks ago
is your mill equiped with the high torque spindle and a A2100 control?

this is what i did with mine

i took the cover of the Z axis (motor/spindle)...

appreciate all the th input guys

as far as using the tongs and running - it's about 150 yards in any direction from my shop to outside - and i'm an old fat bugger :)

as far as the sand - very...