For starters hello and thanks for having such an informative forum.

secondly just wondering if anybody else has the same issues that I am having:

i have a brand new SBZ140 that I have had calibrated and also calibrated myself after some minor computer issues. It seems that every 100th time the machine tries to pick up a tool it pushes the tool through the holding clamps breaking the clamp and subsequently the bit as well. Being new to the forum I can't seem to find much on this machine in here, I was wondering if anyone else had this issue...do i have a defunk'd machine...any help to my sudden ulcer would be greatly appreciated.