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    Re: Getting a 1986 QT8 T2 up and running

    There was a corroded leg on the eprom nearest the backup battery, I replaced the leg with a strand of wire and also the tantalum capacitors needed replacing.
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    Re: Getting a 1986 QT8 T2 up and running

    Just to follow up, I got this lathe running. I repaired the FX784-9 board and also had to replace a servo and spindle drive.
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    Getting a 1986 QT8 T2 up and running

    Hi, I hope you can help.
    I have just purchased a QT8 that wasn't functioning. When the NC is turned on all I would get are zero's and a blank screen.

    I replaced all 3 batteries (they were dead...
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    Solved

    Ok, Just wanted to give an update to this.

    I received a phone call from a chap in Melbourne, Australia. That had a similar problem to me on a Chavalier VMC with a Fanuc 0mc controller.
    He had...
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    Re: Jumpin X axis 1992 MV40b Fanuc 0m

    Ok, thanks. I'll give that a go, is the adjustment straight forward?
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    Re: Jumpin X axis 1992 MV40b Fanuc 0m

    And it doesn't jump on the Y axis.
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    Re: Jumpin X axis 1992 MV40b Fanuc 0m

    Well it jumps whether I use the handle or MDI the .001mm increment and at 100mm/m or 1000mm/m feed rates.

    Is this the parameter your thinking of?
    Cutting feed and rapid traverse separate...
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    Jumpin X axis 1992 MV40b Fanuc 0m

    Hi,
    My mori is jumping on the X axis whenever there a value other than 0 in the parameter 535, backlash compensation.
    Here's a video of what's happening.

    https://youtu.be/7AdIM1ALRJ8
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    Re: 1992 MV40b tool input setting problem

    I found the solution to this, member Stucapco scanned some pages from his manual for me and they were different to what my manual had.
    Instead of inputting "-1" to cancel the tool number you enter a...
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    Re: 1992 MV40b tool input setting problem

    Lots to learn, I made the assumption that the tool offset would be loaded when the tool was loaded, didn't realise I had to also do G43 H#.
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    Re: 1992 MV40b tool input setting problem

    Aha, what if I want to delete a tool number? It should let me do that.

    I'm working around it by calling up say tool 6 for my 6mm endmill, and the machine knows where it is in the magazine...
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    Re: 1992 MV40b tool input setting problem

    Yes it is a Fanuc 0m.
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    Re: 1992 MV40b tool input setting problem

    Hi, Yes sorry that post was not clear, I key in 5 input, 5 input, then press the "WRITE" softkey. All I get is the flashing "**MISS SETTING**".
    According to the manual -1 should clear the tool. So...
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    1992 MV40b tool input setting problem

    Hi, I have a 1992 MV40b that I'm having trouble setting the tool positions on. When I'm in the tool settings page the manual says to put pot number in MG and tool number under T.
    Example MG 5 input,...
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    Re: Fanuc MF-M4 wont Helical interpolate!!!

    Hi everyone, I just picked up a Mori MV40b with the Fanuc MFM4 controller and I was told that it didn't have the rigid tapping option. Is there a way I can check if it has it and if it doesn't can I...
  16. Hi, can you elaborate on why you would buy the...

    Hi, can you elaborate on why you would buy the candcnc unit over building your own, $750 is a fair chunk of change.
    Thanks.
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