Partner IV w/Centurion V Problems
Bought this running machine a few years back. Set it and wired it and watched the previous owner run it in my shop. I haven't played with it for a few years. I just installed new 3-phase service in my shop and tried to power up. CMOS battery dead. Put in a new batt. and got all kinds of errors. A friend used a keyboard to get it up to the point where it can be homed, but when beginning the home sequence, it goes to home Z and just sits there saying homing Z axis. I don't know where to begin. Called Milltronics and they told me to send the black box to them for a motherboard to the tune of $1600 (this was before we used the keyboard). I really don't want to do this, and I think we can get it going right here. I ordered a batt. from Milltronics to the tune of $73, which I also found the same batt. online for $15, so I'm kind of hesitent to send it to them given the cost(s). My bud's a computer expert of sorts and he's got the machine to where it is now. I removed the front cover and moved the Z completely off the limit and tried homing again but to no avail. I know this is a big question due to variables, but where do I start?
More to come.
I also have a Milltronics ML-14 Series A, which doesn't work any more either. It used to, I did some manual turning with it. It's battery is only low.
I'm about ready to scrap them and get some decent manual machines. No help from Milltronics. All they want to do is sell me new machines. The more I work with them, the worse the problems get. I guess they sat too long. For the stuff I make, I'm faster than a CNC anyway (see my post in the 'Clubhouse'). If I could just get my 12K investment for the two back (FOB FL), that'd be cool. I already e-mailed Milltronics for their list of manual machines. Maybe I'll get 'lucky' again. I think they're (CNC's) a part of the problem with this country, no one wants to work. They would rather have a person of color load/run the machines and reap the profits. I know, I've been in this environment in the industrial Midwest, so don't go there. Give me a Logan, W&S, Sheldon, or SOMETHING American that works!
I've got to get to work on my M9Evos.
Thx!
Kurt@Kurt's Kustom Firearms
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