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    Spindle liners - 3D printed???

    the new hotness is PCTG
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    Filament printers- probably better than you think!

    3D printing is the way to go Atomic Filament PA6 - CF nylon printed on a Prusa MK3S, $1.50 of material" "didnt think that was FDM printable"
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    VR11 purchase seeking input.

    the haas is gonna make you sad
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    Monarch (10ee?) in So Cal

    not mine, saw this on the list of craig, figured someone would salivate over it https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/hvo/d/santa-clarita-monarch-lathe/7700144396.html
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    3D manufacturing journey

    the raise3d printer seems like a good platform, but it seems to cause most beginners headaches due to the specialized software, and the typical printer hardware problems. we have a mix of printers at work, and i'm most fond of the Prusa MK3S printers. they're refined and robust, but...
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    Help-Rotated graphics in XY plane

    in the graphics window, the plane can be toggled from XY to YX., using 1, 2, or 3
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    Next Gen Control - how to tell Max Feed?

    on classic control, i see the max feed as parameter 8. i suppose on NGC, that means the parameter is readable with #3000(x).008? replace (x) with your axis #? I think the value is listed in mm/s
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    A million dollar Haas? The HDC-3-5AX 5-axis Double Column Mill

    how'd that mill turn work out for them?
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    Power on time is not in hours?

    19.1123 is ancient software, it's not suprising if that's a glitch there's a whole bunch more associated with that version of software, like weird peck drilling problems, the door unlocks if the spindle encoder loses connection, etc.
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    Servo bar accuracy?

    are you using a dead-length collet chuck? if not, that will introduce some length differences, which change based on how long your bar currently is. i'm pretty sure there's a way you can use the turret to push against, so that way you always have a known length. my other guess is maybe...
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    NGC Bugs

    yeah i have some stories about that machine. largely, they could never get thermal compensation right, and i fried a few of the prototype dual vector drives during testing.
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    CNC Lathe only moves half the required distance

    i think G171 / G172 were introduced recently for mill/turn programming, to switch modes on the fly. Setting 285 is a ngc setting, but i think there's a comparable setting for radius / diameter (setting 85?) in Coldfire machines.
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    Haas DS30 Running with nothing in chuck

    iirc, haas doesn't have position sensors on the drawtube. you hit the switch, a timer counts down, and then the bit flips in the software.
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    newb umc 500 b/c brake question

    i did software testing at haas for a number of years, and touched this behavior several times. without being able to see your code in context, it's hard to say what's happening. generally, it helps to specifically command the brake behavior into the desired state you're looking for before...
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    newb umc 500 b/c brake question

    before the motion in question, command the brakes either on or off, whichever you're needing.
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    ST10y makes strange groaning sound when orient spindle is activated.

    no servo motor on the spindle on that machine, it's a single induction motor. i bet that's the belt singing from a bad tune at the factory. ask me know i know.
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    Southern California lathe guru, all-around technologist looking for something new

    Oi friends, coyoinu here, checking in from west of Los Angeles I find myself looking for new adventures, and thought I'd turn here first. I have 15 years of experience doing mostly job shop, medical production and R&D type work, very strong lathe / live tool skills, tons of Haas knowledge My...
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    Rehoming Machine After Startup

    if its old enough to have microswitches instead of hall effect sensors for limit switches, id imagine theres a good deal of hysteresis possible between power ups. recently i saw something similar on NGC controls, but it was only a few thou, and only once in like 20 tries.
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    CAD/CAM choices Siemens NX or Fusion 360

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    My last Haas arrived.

    They don't use tenths indicators at the factory. five tenths for everyone. I was arguing with one of the techs at the factory, showed him the head drooping a few tenths on the VMT-750 using a tenths indicator. "Nah, I don't want anything to do with that"

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