Originally Posted by
LorenzoNH
1. The spinle does not always index
Might have to call tech on that one.
2. I was rigid tapping some holes today. The material was 1018 mild steel.... 1.5" thick. I used the correct drill for the tap with a 75%thread engagement, and I tried several speeds and feeds suitalbe for the material in question. The machines alarmed out over current in the Z direction. I tried 5 times using both fine and course taps with their respective drillsizes and I was only able to get 1 hole to tap through and pull back out. Any ideas.
Big tap I assume? 75% thread is way too much IMNSHO. Especially in steel. I'd look at the thread spec (i.e. 2b) and use the biggest hole you can. Probably around 60% engagement or less I'd guess.
3. I am in the process of interfacing my laptop witn the VF-2. I have the cables and the card so I'm good with that. I can get the the haas to send to my laptop via rs232 cable but no NC data comes into the computer. When I hit send on the haas I get a recieving message on the computer. The haas tells me it completes sending the info but my computer never finishes recieving. Also if I send from the computer to the haas the computer will show that the file is sending, but the haas will have a message WAITING. I have the Baud at 9600 on both machines and the % at the start and end is set..... to the best of my knowledge everything is as it should be.
Settings have to match on both exactly. Start there, then check the wiring.
Matt
San Diego, Ca
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