Hello guys,
A short word to introduce myself: I'm 27yo, mechanical engineer and very new in the world of CNC.
I recently acquired an old CNC, Hardinge Cobra 42 with a Fanuc 21T controller but the battery went flat (the CNC didn't move in nearly 10 years...) so ofc I lost the axis reference (fortunatly not the machine parameters!!)
I tried to do a little research by myself to reset everything but I'm hitting a wall
I count on your help to get me out and enjoy this lathe
What should be the 1st step: resetting the home position? or resetting the 0-reference? (or it's the same thing and I didn't understand sh**...)
So, I read a lot about setting APC and APZ to 0 and back to 1 etc.. but my question is, what am I doing? what does this APC/APZ bit do?
I'm now familiar with menus and some settings but the whole meaning is still not clear ?_? I guess I'm missing the point and doing the steps wrong...
Would someone be so kind to try and explain it to me?
Thanks a lot, hope you find some time to guide me
Cheers