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I own, program & run 2 CNC machines. The people who visit this site are a wonderful "STOREHOUSE" of knowledge for anybody, newbie or old salt. Many of my questions have been answered by the...

:banana: :banana: I recieved this from JR this morning:

Fanuc controls only. Turn the control power off. Power on the control pressing letter (P) and the cancel (CAN) key and keep them depressed...

Thank you for your reply Al; It has been a long week.

All Axis (X, Y, & Z) move to Zero. The Y axis will zero with light on. The X & Z axis get OVERTRAVEL alarms. The X & Z axis stopping...

This has been a long process. Thanks to Hank at Fanuc America my Kitamura CNC is now running in MANUAL mode. There were 4 problems that Hank helped solve during a long phone conversation.

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Removed the Z axis DC servo motor from the Kitamura Mycenter 1. This is definitely not a mechanical problem. Within 10 seconds after "power-on" the servo starts to run for about 10 seconds than the...

I am now starting to get orders. Check out my new web site. www.benchrestjoystick.com.

The saga continues. I am still working on the problem. It is not a lubrication or mechanical problem. I removed the 10M DC Servo Motor After I placed a Block of wood under the spindle (very good...

Hi Guys THANK YOU for all your advice.

I found the Line from the auto luber to the manifold on the Z axis disconnected. The ferrule was bad. I replaced the ferrule & am now trying to lube the...

Thank you Al, I wrote a little program to send all axis to 0 & to turn on the spindle. Everything appears to work except for the Z overload alarm which occurs after a few minutes. It looks like...

Thank You Dan. There is no Chain or counter balance that I can see. There is a Hydraulic reservoir, but I am not sure what is hydraulic? Not having any documentation makes this a bigger problem...

I received a reply from Kevin:

Look at the servo drives, just below the circuit board you will see a red reset button. push this on all your drives.

My Answer to Kevin;
Thank you for the...

I just purchased a 1984 Kitamura MyCenter with a Fanuc 3m control. I have no documentation for this machine. When the machine powers up I get:
SERVO ALARM: 01 (overload)
I am using a Rotary Phase...

Hi-I am a retired engineer with a patent pending invention that is used in "benchrest shooting". It is a joystick that is capable of moving a firearm in azimuth and elevation. See it on E-Bay...

Does anybody know of a manual for sale of how I may get a copy?