While a program is running in automatic (tape) mode, I would like to be able to stop the spindle to clear off the swarf that accumulates on drill bits. However, if I press spindle stop, I can't seem to get the spindle to re-start so I can continue on with the program. Pressing the cycle start button continues with feed movements, but with the spindle still off.
I have tried switching into MDI mode to do a Sxxx M3, but that doesn't seem to take. I have also tried pressing the clockwise/counterclockwise buttons on the control that can be used to start the spindle in manual mode, but that hasn't worked either.
Basically I would like to be able to do the equivalent to pressing feed hold and then continuing on again, but instead of just the feed stopping and then re-starting, the spindle would stop and then restart.
My machine is a Kitamura MyCenter 1 with a Yasnac (very similar to Fanuc) controls if it is relevant.
Thanks in advance!