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Kirby,

Find a local foundry supply company and walk in with
some examples of your work. A box of donuts helps.
Tell them what you want to do and most likely you
will walk out an hour later...

I have been running their 40 hp rotary (non-digital) for over a year.
No problems running a VF-1 or SL10 or Whacheon 18x40 or Tree mill.
Wiring is to code or better, has worked like a champ....

Mike,

Thanks for the tips. I will clean and inspect the
carousel.

What I did'nt make clear was that you can see the
the properly seated tool to the left of the tool
being changed suddenly...

Our 2005 VF 1 umbrella tool changer has developed
an intermittent problem of causing the tool to the
left of a tool being changed to tip in the carousel.
The pull stud end tilts slightly towards...

QUOTE=HelicopterJohn;705718]Hi,

I am currently looking at purchasing a HAAS SL10 CNC Lathe. This will be for a home workshop and I don't have 3 phase power to that location.

Is anyone here...

racear*2865,

There are a couple of things that you might want to check:

Have you measured the voltages betwen T1, T2 and T3?
If one voltage is out by greater than 10%, consider swaping the...

[QUOTE=TravisR100;643886]I'm looking at purchasing a Super Mini Mill 2 (10K spindle) and an SL-10. From all the reading I've done it seems like the Phaseperfect phase converters are the way to go. ...

Try:

http://skynet.industrialpartner.com/other-industrial-s/snp-9061.htm

regards,

Jim

Mpoople,

Just go to your friendly automotive supply store and get a v belt that will
fit. No cog teeth needed.

regards,
Jim

Oh….there be dragons
Thanks Geoff
Regards,

Jim

Cnc noob here.
I went to an auction recently and was looking at a very clean Haas SL20T. I punched up Current Cmds and paged down to see 690 for spindle hours. Cool.

I did not see how it was...

AMCTony, pics would be great!
This is turning into a project for next semester.

wcbob, thanks for the offer, I'll pass it on.

regards,

Jim

AMCTony,

Would you have any photos of your mods?
One of the Spring '08 classes will be Robotics and the Prof
thinks that this could be a good practical exercise.


Thanks!

Jim

Sheesh, sorry about the triple posting.

.........back to the eggnog.

Jim

Outstanding ideas guys. Now its just a matter of implementing some of them.
Now, I have to wait for school to open up to do it.

This is for Riverside Community College, Norco campus. It is a...

Outstanding ideas guys. Now its just a matter of implementing some of them.
Now, I have to wait for school to open up to do it.

This is for Riverside Community College, Norco campus. It is a...

Outstanding ideas guys. Now its just a matter of implementing some of them.
Now, I have to wait for school to open up to do it.

This is for Riverside Community College, Norco campus. It is a...

Long time lurker and newbie posting for first time.
I am taking CNC classes at the local city college for fun (its GREAT!) and our like new TL-1 has a manual tool post. I saw gang tooling on a HPCL...