Will your fanuc take G54 or do you have to put in G92's ?? (not sure it is G92 as I have G54 available to me but I seem to remember you have to hack the code and add the correct offset

Having said that I can't remember the last time I started my triac..

This will please that bloke on ebay that's selling your pdf's

you should put a watermark on them

They don't work, they're not proper parallel ports, you're rather lucky that a laptop works. Usually all their built in power management stuff trips up mach.

so whats your reserve then?

hmmm, seems unlikely but if you thump those old keys too hard it breaks the magnetic glass encapsuled magic bit. Other than that I'm as lost as you.
but it's probably going to be a retro fit when you do make it go as the control is absolute rubbish compared to what we expect these days.

what's going on? have I missed something? :lol: Gawd it's been a while since I even turn the triac on let alone added memory... yes back up params, check you can read them, check against the machine that they are all there, print them out, put a copy in a safe deposit box, get the idea? Then the dia...

could just be something simple like lack of lubrication? the ball screw or dovetails?

Yup, you're right Mr Magoo, they were about that size. made out of tufnol. so full marks for your memory ;) There wasn't a different slot, they were all the same. I can give you a photo I machined mine off to drill one index hole :) for Mach. Could it be possible that the old PNC used to count upto ...

take the belt off and see it the spindle turns easily.. after 20 odd years the grease could have "set"

Nah, I thinkyou're mistaken Mr Magoo, my easiturn just had a load of slots all the same. I think the issue is speed - in this case too fast. Those 8086 computers can't count very quick

I don't think so, neither can it run on a converter as I believe it needs the 3 phases for the servodrives

But then I'm not an electronics expert....

just my 2c

then steps per mm are 1000 - non negogiable - if it doesn't move exact you're loosing steps

Nah, though I really should do.... I suspect the ball screw is shot....

I think parajust canbe made to work, I seem to remember there was some issue with those units.... probably better off using the alivar as it's more modern you will need a speed control board (mostly likely) unless you have a board with everything on it. They're not very difficult to plumb up, gettin...

do a search on the site. I know someone was asking which they were and I tested an old one I had. I think the one that was wanted at the time came off a easimill so try searching on that. At worst I might have my old one around.... The axis is probably going the wrong way cos it's backing off the sw...

Him Good to see you're getting to grips with the stuff. p.s. previous owner had put a stepper behind spindle drive motor and fitted an electro magnetic clutch and fitted a dremel on another axis above chuck and used it to divide s well as turn bits yeah I've had that idea in my head for ages, but it...

previous guy has mounted gecko on slide in board and i have 63 volts at gecko power input then he has mounted extra components on board to reduce voltage to5.05 volts for other power supply ?? I don't understand what the other volts are for.. do you mean 50.5volts? why reduce??? gecko will eat up t...

impact maintenance - I love it :-0 especially basil fawlty style...

DID NOT POWER UP THE BOARD WITH AN EXTERNAL SUPPLY

that'll stop it working everytime

WILL LOOK TO SEE IF I CAN FIND A 5 VOLT SUPPLY

your pc has one - and a 12v one

psst no need to shout (CAPS)

No Idea, but since you brought the s/w from Bobcad I would have thought the first port of call is Bobcad....