Originally Posted by
dukie
Hello everyone, I have lurked here off and on for a while but this is my first post.
I have a Baxter technologies / standard modern future builder/vo-tec 2000 CNC lathe. The company changed hands a few times and I have seen the machine refered to under multiple headings.
Its a basic slant bed CNC with Fanuc 3tc controls.
I have it funcitonal and I am getting ready to set up the tool offsets. I did a test cut today and the tooling in the turret is not passing through lathe center. I tried 2 different tools and both gave similar results. THey pass below center on the part and leave a nub.
The turret indexes and stops on some sort of hard stop inside. It seems to be functioning as the lathe is not giving any errors that the turret has not finished its rotation ( its making the cam switches).
I have been told that the turret may have crashed and sheared off some dowels / shifted the turret. It appears to be a solid casting that passes through into the turret housing. It is not bolt to the shaft, it is the shaft. At least thats what it looks like to m
Has anyone had to reset the turret location on one of these? Where in the turret should I be looking for locating pins? I would just like to keep the dissasembly to a minimum.
Is there another possibility that may cause this problem? The tool holders are 1" which are the largest that will fit in the turret. Anything smaller would leave an even larger nub. Is there simply some adjustment that needs to be made ?
Does anyone have or know where I might be able to get some mechanical documentatoin for this machine? I have the ladder logic, and a basic maintenance manual. It does not cover the turret however.
On a side note has anyone ever connected a PC to one of these machines to transfer a program file? I tried to day using a parralel cable and it promptly shuts down the controller as soon as it is connected. Its a brand new cable and a USB to parallel connector.
Thanks
Dan