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switch it to inverse time on 4x feed, if you want to use the ipm mode you have to put the diameter your working at in a parameter, im not sure which one for the matrix control, if your work across multiple diameters unless they're pretty close in size you should use inverse time, google about it and you'll understand why, had a similar prob on a haas with a rotary last week oddly enough haha
if you're going to tap them and if its feasible, use castrol moly-dee tapping fluid its always extended tap life on tough stuff for me, but a warning it does stink!
you can also get a tool like this if you cant mount a 55deg like mr m said, this pic is from a seco catalog, i think a face grooving tool would be the wrong tool for what you need to do
been there!! after somebody shot the tip of a edge finder across the shop from 14k,,, i modified the tool changing macro (most fanucs are O9001) to have a S0 in as well as the end of the prog
i feel the same way about this, im thinking hes not loading the drill with enough chip load and when drilling the drill is winding up and springing back, chipping his cutting edge, the hole is 13" deep so his drill gotta be 13.6-14" long
and heres the pic of his drill tip, he sent me a few emails
im gonna try to dig thru some old notes i may have drilled something similar to this at an old job
he also said hes getting a honed edge prep and a coating put on
start by going to the setting drop down, and click customize, that brings up the window shown in pic 1, (the .mtb file path location on the computer is shown to the left of the green check icon, ie mine is called brandon renwick.mtb)
make note of which .mtb file you're using
then click the open icon in bottom left of window
this brings up another window shown in pic 2, as you see i have 3 .mtb files i could choose
pick a different .mtb file, and just as a note when i pick the default.mtb i get the same result as you do on the surf hs icons, only when i pick mastercam.mtb or my custom brandon renwick.mtb do i get the icons as they should be
also make sure your not dwelling on your pilot hole or you can leave a hard spot where the drill stopped and this obviously will wear out your deep hole drill
the 31series allows you to edit programs on the data server as if they were in cnc memory in storage mode, and also run programs without running in tape mode, if you are gonna use it like that id just get the data server and not expanded memory on cnc, 8mb is sh!t joke imo
thanks for all the help guys!!, got it fixed, turns out our vf1 dosent have a vector drive spindle which is spindle motor controlled orient, (which the explanation above is correct) ours uses a solenoid activated shot pin to orient the spindle, its a older model
heres what i did to fix it,
orient the spindle via the button,
loosen the bolts on the ring the shot pin goes into and break the taper lock so i can turn the spindle by hand with the orient activated
align the spindle drive keys with the x axis to .005 or less
then tighten the ring bolts and check the key alignment, the tolerance can be up to .03 difference, but obviously the closer it is the less wear on the tool changer
and thats it!!
and also the reason our spinlde burned up was bc the oil air mixing unit was clogged up, so ill be taking pics later of where to look on your haas,,, save a 5g repair for a 20 min fix to clean out a little funk build up
we just put a new spindle in a vf1, and we need to change the orientation parameter for the spindle, its asking for a passcode, if this is not a machine specific code can anyone tell me what it is so I dont have to call haas
maybe try temporarily moving the files in this path (C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared Mcamx6\common\reports\IMG) move just the files to another new folder on the desktop and see if it makes it work
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