NTM
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2009
- Location
- Mooresville, NC
We mostly run Mori here but we have a pretty good Makino SNC64 graphite mill that we use to run phenolic. I picked up another older one at auction a little while ago and it looks like a pretty nice old machine but it won't do anything for me.
It turns on. I give it air and turn on the dust collector and it has no error messages. Everything seems fine.
I can jog the X,Y,Z axis if I hold the over travel override button.
It doesn't want to do anything until I home it. And I don't know how to home it. I'm hoping this is the problem and maybe nothing more complex.
Fellows, I've been around CNC for over 20 years and this is the 14th CNC that I've purchased (that I can remember) so I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I don't know what the hell I'm doing here.
I've done the obvious stuff like press the reference button and cycle start etc. and turn the knobs for the different axis etc.
I don't have the books and I can't find anything on Google. My books for my other Makino (which has absolute encoders) has nothing.
The only clue that I have is over travel X+, Y+, Z+, X-, Y-, Z- in the alarm history. Not active alarms, but in history. I clear it and it always re-appears when I turn it on.
Could I get a little help from you guys? Thanks.
It turns on. I give it air and turn on the dust collector and it has no error messages. Everything seems fine.
I can jog the X,Y,Z axis if I hold the over travel override button.
It doesn't want to do anything until I home it. And I don't know how to home it. I'm hoping this is the problem and maybe nothing more complex.
Fellows, I've been around CNC for over 20 years and this is the 14th CNC that I've purchased (that I can remember) so I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I don't know what the hell I'm doing here.
I've done the obvious stuff like press the reference button and cycle start etc. and turn the knobs for the different axis etc.
I don't have the books and I can't find anything on Google. My books for my other Makino (which has absolute encoders) has nothing.
The only clue that I have is over travel X+, Y+, Z+, X-, Y-, Z- in the alarm history. Not active alarms, but in history. I clear it and it always re-appears when I turn it on.
Could I get a little help from you guys? Thanks.