As a life long Machinist and former Federal Firearms manufacturer (type 07 FFL) I will tell you that to succeed this will require a multi-year commitment. It could be 2 years before you make your...
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As a life long Machinist and former Federal Firearms manufacturer (type 07 FFL) I will tell you that to succeed this will require a multi-year commitment. It could be 2 years before you make your...
The KM3 isn't going to win quietest machine in the shop unless it is not running. That said there is some adjustment on the High/Low gear selector lever and if the detents are out of optimal position...
I am not an expert on these machines. I do own a 87 KM3 which was a MAX II and a 91 KM3P which was upgraded to a MAX32 before I obtained it. That said, I try to collect as much info as I can to allow...
I have the Hurco "NC Programming Instruction Manual" 704-0001-555 March of 1990 as a pdf
This covers the NC Executive built in to Ultimax II, Max32, and Ultimax III - It should also be relative to...
Have you confirmed you have pwr coming out of all fuses in the magnetics side cabinet? Servos and PC are powered by 220VAC single phase so if you have dropped a leg of the 3 ph coming in the...
I also bought a 12Z from Gene. Bought it with the base stand, DRO, X Axis power feed.
It was mothballed for several years without being powered up.
In 2010 I bought a ranch with a good shop...
Have you been fixturing, setting up and programming a CNC mill before? Have you worked the the supply side? Do you know your local material suppliers, tool dealers and where to order your...
I use Alibre Design. But for someone starting out I would say Fusion360 is the way to go.
Also learn to work in 100% local units. Your in Europe so your wood stock will come in metric thickness...
Yes - I love being able to break up my yearly maintenance fee into multiple payments again.
I don't use anything else for my 3D printing.
I got one! Prompt shipping. Get them while you can at this price.
WoW - Thanks - That package was a nice Swiss Army Knife of info which helps a bunch. My 87 KM3 had a blue console and I was latter told there were maybe a dozen of the first dual displays after the...
Please - Very much so. A pint with a shot on top even!
Email is the name @yahoo.com
My KM3 has Hurco P/N 415-0144-004C for the 8 Icecube relay board which has TB3 and TB2 on it.
My documentation has drawing 002-2474-001,002,003 Rev E - Which for all practical purposes is total...
On my KM3 - the Z is on the quill.
Now one issue with ballscrews is that when a Z servo is not powered you can have head/spindle drop when the weight is enough to back drive the ballscrew. My...
I have been saying since day 1 that people who pull off these servos and replace them with steppers or try to run the OEM servos with Gecko's are severely downgrading the machine and not doing them...
Well I made up this great excel spreadsheet listing all that MESA and dynomotion card options and prices. Its on my work PC. However I was just notified my position has been eliminated and I have...
While I feel lucky that I'm not facing this problem myself - my KM3 knee mill has no tool changer other than the operator handcuffed to the machine...
The (best) easiest way to address this is to...
I need to get back to work... But I would like to say one thing.
Gutting these machines and DOWNGRADING them to use MACH 3 is a really sad waist of good iron. That said - MACH 4 is expected to be...
OK - better late than never.
Pic 1 shows the port on the main Max32 board that the parallel cable attaches to (outlined in yellow)
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Pic 2 shows the dongal mounted to the I/O panel...
Great, sounds like you have everything you need to create a new system drive once you can get the system to POST into BIOS.
The Security key is inline with the wiring going from the card rack to...
My HDD is sitting on top of a great old 486/Win95 system on the dinning room table.
I was able to copy all but like 7 hidden files, was not sure about using the "attrib" command from W95, didn't...
Those big Electrolytic Capacitors don't like being frozen either. If this machine spends the winter in an unheated shop you might want to put a 20watt lamp in the cabinet to keep it from freezing.
Compatible take off used servos show up on ebay often. The wiring between the servo and the cabinet is going to be the devil to get your hands on. Most scrappers that part out these machines just cut...
I would look at your memory board and see if you have any Dallas Memory chips.
If you do - they are well past the date they should have failed, and what is happening is as you make changes these...
Good to see someone else getting some help in this thread.
My Hurco in a coma is a KM3P with the Max32 upgrade put on the Max II chassis/card rack - and yes I really want to salvage the Max32 as...
Well I finally talked my uncle into selling me the dead KM3. - In fact I'm at his shop now tearing it apart for moving. I will do some repairs then try a workaround I think may solve the old CRT...
I wound stretch wrap both ends of the table and stuff foam or bubble wrap bundles up around the knee jacking screw. Also maybe a good greasy rag can be wedged into any gap at the top rear of the knee...
Well here is my Post 4th of July long weekend update.
I replaced the Deltron power supply and the system still does not boot - just get a flashing cursor on the left screen in the lower left...
Wow - I can't believe I have been side tracked for almost a year now. ( STILL NEEDED HELP! ) :drowning:
But repairs to the shop (all new roofing) to fix storm damage, and buying 2 lathes plus...
I think there is a video on the Glacern? site where they were fixing a spun tool spindle crash.
They mounted a good 20mm boring bar in the vice with Cermet? inserts and wrote a program to re-cut...