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Unless AI has grown arms and legs, I don’t think it can get to square 1.

What about alarm 103 4 th axis too large.

what about a 401 SERVO alarm on a doosan puma 12 ? shop owner had a fanuc guy come out and it still doesnt work .

Hey @cncrepairman is there a way to lower the umbrella height so you could operate a hass in a garage with 102in feeling height? Appreciate your input

Darn I'm getting "FP ERR= -20"

Thanks much for making this. I truly appreciate it😊

I’m a biomedical technician now and looking into CNC repair as a more fulfilling line of work. It sounds like you’re describing my current job, except CNC guys earn a hell of a lot more and aren’t babysat by government regulators.

How can a person become a master cnc repairman? What should he do?

Hello

Looks like the machine I'm running wamex through at the moment, I don't think anyone has ever cleaned the tank. Oh yeah before I forget; how do I get this battery alarm to go away, I swapped out the 2 x 3v batteries but alarm stays. SL-30 classic

I pressed it one time by mistake and had no idea how to start machine again.. thanks for explaning. Wish the video would zoom in on the keys

I disagree with some of those machines I think the Matsuura and mazak are good machines

The reason you use the sea level is to have a reference plane; any 2,3,..n surfaces parallel to the sea level, are parallel to one another.

This spring system is truly weired. Is this for load balancing? And pnuematic cylinder for turret clamping...

sounds like we need more old iron museums!

Haas sucks, its built to fail in 3 years when the warranyy expires. I do cnc repairs, I can feed my son thank to this brand

Setting 53 wont stay enabled for me through a power cycle. Any thoughts?

actually i disagree on "old fadal" cuz we got 3 of them in the 5020 flavor and they are brute solid. We've gone through brown outs, a blown transformer, lighting strikes in the neighborhood and 1 dumbass accidentally shorting the breaker box and these old bastards are up and humming upon reboot. So no, I disagree on that listing.

Question about old cnc controllers fanuc, etc vs hobby controllers like Acorn, Masso, Linux cnc. What do you think about retrofitting cnc with old controller with one of the hobby controllers. are any of them better than old controller. Because if i am correct retrofitting old fanuc with new one is expensive. Is there any chance to hobby controller to beat controller from newer cnc.

Dear AI, please fix undefined live tool PLC error on my 40yo cnc dc servo lathe with 20yo retrofit controler😂. Yes, and "PLC" here is just a name for mahine side of controler software, and dude who wrote it had no previous experience of thipicalc workings of such machines, was not even qualified either way and left no documentation 😂. P.s. spindle makes wierd noise and surface finish looks wierd

Thank you. I'm just about to buy an old machining center. your videos will be very useful.

Looks at video, sees immediately ugly not flushed snipped zip ties/cable ties, wants to slap the person responsible. High quality HAAS workmanship by Pedro, Jesus and mr.Martinez!

What do you mean by 4 and 5 twice? On both conectors?

This is my life lol easiest way is cutting the gear off the motor just like you have done. Ive used ice before on the shaft to cool it down when one got stuck I had to heat it up to pull off and cool the shaft off and try again on an sl. Great vid man. Also it's about 5 min worth of extra work to take the enclosure off around the motor to get more access to encoder on ss.

i have kiwa excel with yellow motors...I really want to give up

I must be the only guy that cannot follow this. Tighten this, flip that, take this off, imagine and hit this, pretend this, then do that, boom boom your done. Consider recording a video actually showing the screw being removed and the bearing being assembled. I feel like this video gives more information on how to buy tools from you than it shows removal and assembly of a ball screw and bearing.

Some of us at Tormach have been watching your channel for a while, and some have just stumbled on you (why they kept you a secret is a mystery). And even though you deal with machines other than ours, we can't say enough about how important what you do is to this industry! Keep up the great work and keep those old machines running!

So my friend dropped the wire that supplies 24Volts DC to my parts ejector actuator on the sub spindle housing and it went sparky spark. and now I have an extra alarms that says I lost my signal to my Parts catcher, I replaced the 24 vdc power relay on the power module and restored the entire 24 volt circuit, but now I have no LEDS on my sensors and my Pneumatic Solenoids. I don't know if there are no LEDS because there are there are alarms present or if i'm missing a ground to those circuits. We checked are status page and I see the signals on ejector when I jump the wires x065 and x064 and L+. Alarms are ex 2286I work ejector timer over limit and ex 2165F parts ejector lost signal. Have a great day.

Why do you want to kill my dream man?

With all the Tits and Ass all over the net, Videos like this are gold. Easy Money , everything is clear as mud at the moment, but let me do it over and over. Maybe one day ball-screw replacements for the Doosan Puma will become easier.

i use to put ballscrews in vf2's at the factory building machines

This is an advanced video. For starters, cnc lathe is very good. Then 3 axis mill, with through spindle coolant. You can upgrade it to 4 axis in no time. Personally, for me, used hurco lathe and mill. They are conversational machines, you can program something simple very, very fast. They have graphics monitor. Newer machines have dynamic milling options and they have graphics screen. It is so unreal to press alt and measure on screen with a pen!! They also support NC programs, so CAM is the way. Some older software versions are buggy tho, so if you can, 2014+ machines are the way to go. For the fourth axis, Kitagawa Japan all the way. We got lucky, but it survived a few minor crashes. 0.02mm of wobble, for our applications, no need to repair.

Do you have any tips on how to convert the floppy drive to a usb port on the older haas controller like you are using now?

converted my HL2 Lathe to the USB Drive....,,so far so good...helpful video...keep'em coming

thanks for the video

You and the algorithms must have read my mind! Just looking into floppy emulator for our Okuma LCS25. Our LC35-II already has it. In fact we have a device laying around which is from a US company (PLR Electronics), bought in 2014 but never got used. It has both a USB-2 port and a network port (don't know the proper name). I have just started programming these machines starting with the small one and did the floppy -MS DOS thing which works fine I guess but it has a real old school vibe to it. Had to go to the DOS prompt in the computer to get the disk properly formatted. Also I have to figure out if it is possible to export the native Okuma file formats like IGF to a computer, we have a lot of existing programs just sitting on separate disks everywhere. Lots of cleaning up to do. Cheers from Holland.

How about reloading the machine software, after installing a new mocon board. Is that available outside Haas/HFO?

Great info! I have found using RS 232 with a serial to usb is more efficient once i figured out how to do it.

I just had to do the press fit pulley on one of our Haas machines and I wanted to avoid cutting it so I tried just heating it with a torch while it was on the machine and it came right off with little effort. Heat+spin once it started smoking pretty good I hit it with the pry bar and she flew off.

Nothing lends credibility to a saw review like standing in front of 5 cords of wood and wearing a beaver on your head. ;) Thanks, fellas.

Good video, worst design I have ever seen though lol.

Bet that made a decent thump when it let go.

Thanks for the Video!!! One of the dumbest designs I ever saw though...

My electrical cabinet door blew open and bent while hauling my VF2 to my new shop. Do you have a source for new or used tin?

thanks for the video

I’d literally be the happiest guy to come across some old unused equipment. I love manual machines especially but with my income I can’t even afford a harbor freight lathe lol. Besides they are junk anyway maybe someday I’ll save up for a old swasey I live right next to Warner and swasey Cleveland Ohio

Hi buddy . Like you video & philosophy . A Question. I have a 2002 Multicam MG that has just had a spindle rebuild but the rest of the electronics ( Stepper Drives ) are getting , shall we say " Crispy " . Multicam charge rediculous prices for spares ( If they even hold them ) so i`m looking at refitting with something like Gecko drives & servos. My question is , is it cost effective to go this route or is it better to scrap what is machanically a pretty good machine and buy a brand new NOT Multicam ?

So relatable as a self taught CNC machinist myself who designs and programs on Fusion 360 and owns a couple of old Haas mills, one making parts and one needing repairs. Really enjoyed the video!

You mentoined dont buy FANUC 0T control What is the reason ? I have seen a Colchester Tornado 300 for sale which has that fanuc 0 control 1995.

thanks for the video