MillPlus Five Axis V4.10 Post Processing
Greetings All, I am working on building a post processor for a newly acquired DMU80P five axis mill. Can anyone with a similar machine and control (MillPlus V4.10) provide some snippets of simultaneous...
View ArticleMori Seiki BB doesn't start
Hey folks, I got here a second hand Mori Seiki BB with Yasnac 2000. When we turn it "on" the lights on a panel come up for a second and then contactor inside the control box disengages. I can see that...
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Modig 7200 and machine killing field
the Modig 7200 made the move from Boeing to the killing field of machine tools in Olympia it rests upon the spot occupied by the Makino A55-- but a more noble fate awaits the Modig than the long knives...
View ArticleDMU 50 Ecoline
Has anyone experience about that small 5-axis machining center? It is quite cheap, prices starting at 94500€ on this side of Atlantic. But is it good in small scale manufacturing? I'm machining mostly...
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servo motor coupling mystery
I removed the Y axis fanuc servo from the Modig 7200 today unusual coupling connecting servo to ball screw--unknown to me taper with firm thermoset elastomer no markings on the coupler I did a google...
View ArticleHeidenhain question
Does anyone here use cycle 32 on daily basis? I use it but I'm afraid to go beyond T 0.0005, HSC 0 and TA 0.5. Jerry
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maho mh300c
hello everyone, I just bought a Maho MH300c without any papers/manuals The controls are removed and MACH3 with steppermotors are installed (no pc included...) But first I want the machine to be in good...
View Article"Z" AXIS will not move off soft stop. Machine down need help Mori-Seiki AL-2
Started up the AL-2 as normal after a 4 day weekend. The machine powered up. Passed all tests. Zeroed the X axis then tried to zero the Z axis and it would not move in the negative direction, left, to...
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Gildemeister nef 480
recent arrival for retrofit---which is around 75% complete background--- this machine was sold by Dept of Defense around 2006--Ft Lewis it was tagged "COSA" lathe in sales prospectus -no mention of...
View ArticleOil sight glass for vertical head on Maho
I have now successfully disassembled the vertical head of my 1990 Maho MH600E. Thanks to Sneebot for getting me the drawings of the head. I have made a Soldiworks model of it now, and will post that...
View ArticleAre the parts left on these picked CNC lathes worth the effort to take home?
I was asked yesterday if I wanted to have the remnances of two CNC lathes. One is a Weiler DZ 42 CNC (not sure what vintage, possibly late 90's, I can get more info on this). The other is a...
View ArticleMori SL-1 spindle drive varispeed 505mt needs exorcism
Hi everyone, my first post, but I've spent hours and hours reading these forums, fixing my machines using the info I obtain for free. Thanks to all who work together here to merge knowledge bases, and...
View ArticleMillPlus Five Axis V4.10 Post Processing
Greetings All, I am working on building a post processor for a newly acquired DMU80P five axis mill. Can anyone with a similar machine and control (MillPlus V4.10) provide some snippets of simultaneous...
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maho MH400T limit switch problem
Hi guys, At my work I've been using a Maho MH400T, 1987 built with Philips/Heidenhain 332 control. It worked good except for a continuous error with the automatic lubrication, but thats another story....
View ArticleEducate me on MORI models, strengths, and weaknesses
Just heard last night... an 05/06 MT 1500 SZ may be coming up for sale. :willy_nilly: I've never ran a MORI, just know them by reputation. I know next to nothing about them, and I'm a little (a lot...
View ArticleMAHO MH400E retrofit to Linuxcnc
Starting a new thread here to share my build progress I have been sharing in the "fix your maho" thread. I have a 1986 MH400E which was retrofitted with a 1991 phillips 432 control at some point. The...
View ArticleDMU 50 Lubrication Question
We have to add spindle lubricant to our DMU 50 (20K spindle). After looking at the manual and reservoir in the machine, two questions come up: 1) The reservoir has a sticker indicating CLP 68 for the...
View ArticleMori Yasnac 2000B "fixed it" post re: zero return issues
Usually I'm asking for help here but in this case I'm trying to contribute something useful. Recently I ran into an issue with a 1979/80 mori seiki SL- Yasnac 2000B control, all yaskawa drives/motors....
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Maho MH600W 3 axis cnc w/manual rotary table
I'm looking at buying a mill soon and ran across this locally. Will get year/serial if it's even worth the time. No clue of the control... was too dumb to snap a picture. Apparently it's a 3 axis...
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Maho MH400C Retrofit
Hi, First of all, sorry for my poor english, it not my first language... Ok, so a little bit of back story ... Since I am very young, I always wanted a cnc milling machine, it was my big dream since I...
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