I attempt to import and run a modern program from fusion 360 into this dinosaur of a CNC Machine. Can i do it? Skull Cap www.prestigemanufacturing.net... DNC Box amzn.to/4bj9Aqv Bt-40 Tool Holders amzn.to/4bduurc
Lol just go to a couple shops on the East Coast. One of the companies I work with are still using Bandits for control on production machines, as well as several machines from the 80s just like this one (Hardinge, Fadal, etc.). A lot of companies still use their original CNC machines, right next to their brand new Haas and DMG Moris and such. That being said, it is really cool to see old machines renovated and used. They are still great for producing all sorts of parts.
I owned and ran several of these for 20 years. When you first power up and send the machine home, zero out xyz on the universal position page by hitting x then the org button, y org then z org. Then pick up your part zero and those will be your g54 numbers. It’s easier on those machines to set tool lengths from z home position. Send z home, make sure your g54 has 0 in the z position, then hit the measurement button to turn the green light on. Bring your tool to the top of the part, then on the offset page cursor to the correct tool number and hit the write button, it will overwrite the offset with the length from machine zero and send the z axis home.
32:30 whew the pucker factor when the '7' didn't register on the calculator. For a second I thought you were going to dive 0.5" into the part instantly.
I love that Titan box, very simple but very powerful. It has 2 usb inputs, so usually you use a usb stick to transfer between your pc and the titan. You can however get a WiFi usb stick, then you don’t even need to move the memory stick. Just plop your G code file into the shared folder and it appears at the titan!
Really appreciate the content . I doubt many people fully appreciate what you need to know to do what you do . A huge skill set right there - well done
What a trip down memory lane! I remember setting up HP Unix workstations for the CAD guys, and then building a cheap beige box PC with Linux and multi-port serial cards to do the drip-feeds to all the CNC gear in a shop. While these old controllers might go faster than 9600 baud, they may not be reliable above that speed. Since G-code has no checksums, serial line noise cannot be detected by the receiver and in worst case, can lead to a machine crash ... so going faster is not worth the risk.
I watch stuff like this for entertainment. One thing that caught my attention is that you are the first machinist to wear gloves while working that i have ever seen.
Very good job sir. No crashes. Single block and a 6in scale are your best friends while setting up. Program X and Y in the stock center, add .050" to the X and Y stock width to help avoiding the monster first cut. I'm actively trying to not spew forth all the tips, hints and shortcuts I've encountered in my career. I look forward to your next vid.
Figuring out, proofing, optimizing the programs for CNC machines is something I enjoy quite a bit. I'm considered as CNC opetator and setup'er, but I also do quite some programming work as a unofficial program QC fixing up head programmer mistakes, missed features (no chamfer/too deep chamfer/right feeds for my favourite end mills)
That was indeed a huge success! I was holding my breath on the start of the program, but no endmills broken, and amazing first chips on the left side of the part. I am loving your videos, I feel like I am the person going through the same issues.
Interesting seeing a Yasnac control again. My first CNC lathe was a Miyano ENC-3BC that had one. They also came with Fanuc however I got a better deal on the Yasnac. Never had any problems with it. Fusion is awesome. Todays high speed machining is really something compared to those good ole days 😂
Really cool shop and content. Love the channel. Amazing how technology really has not changed. It's all the same under the hood as it was back in the late 80's and earlier. Awesome looking machine.
@@prestigemanufacturing2611 I remember leaving a comment a few videos back with the RS232 about working at the internet service providers back in the early 90's. Nothing has changed. Just the application layers have changed and they basically making things idiot proof these days it seems. Looking forward to the next video drop. Cheers
Awesome. I another life I would have been a capable machinist. Maybe one day I could take a pill and live one. I also love seeing beautiful machines saved instead of being discarded. Great videos.
Yasnacs are notoriously picky about rs 232 cummunications. They dont like being run above 4800 baud. You load the programs from edit. O-9999 will allow you to download one or multiple programs. You set parameter 6005 to the height of your touch off block. Fixture offsets are in the setting numbers, you set the fixture offset from MDI with G10. These are not ancient machines, they just are not smart phones. The ,manuals explain the operation of the control very well. That Matsurra will still be making parts when a Haas has become a beer can....Those machines have POWER, you program them differently, you use bigger cutters and take big cuts. They can be programmed using adaptive clearing strategies, but they run out of memory quick, 128k was max, most had 32k. That will push a 4" face mill 3/8 deep thru 4140 without wincing, and it will do it quietly. Using macro and smart programming will go a long way. It aint all about speed, anyone can use a cam system, not everyone did the time to be a toolmaker. Thats a beast, hardly ancient.
Yes g code and use sub prg call with loops L# way to prg and keep short just graduated vocational machine trades in high school in 1988 and lucky have teacher from industry had years machining to qualify him for teaching job and he saw new cnc cad cam was going to take off in those years and he was correct was taught manually than with cnc you knew what you needed be done had to figure out g code to do now what use to do manualy but now g code is like second to me we would figure new ways to machine using g code we would save as a generic prg once ran like wanted we copy to new prg and now only need edit small amount usally new tool speed and feeds and x y and z and your now running just be sure math correct and pick off usally best to try match print on pic off then prg with tool comp can use print # s and use sub prg call to loop if have stock to remove or spring pass to hold size as tool gets dull will push away so before comping tool dia be sure spring pass a time or two or may take off to much stock will undercut so be sure work way to size up using tool dia comp but works great only way to go now most manual machines not in modern tool shops if are used for just simple stuff
O-9999 Erase will clear out all programs. I just bought a 1990 Cincinnati sabre 750. It's been sitting in a garage for the last 5 years. When running it was only a prototype machine. Should be a fun project. So glad I found this video for the DNC communications.
Our main mill up until this year has been a 91 Leblond Makino FNC-60. It drip feeds pretty well with F360 programs. Got a 2011 Hyundai Wia F500 this year and that sucker is a huge difference.
Matsuura machines are well built, I have seen early 90's machines running in shops still holding decent tolerances. I haven't' watched the whole video yet but I'll wager it's going to work fine.
Oh, man, back in The Day (1986), I spent a year as dogsbody in a machine shop, and being a computer geek, was gob-smacked at the old-school terminals and paper-tape they were using. Enter a shiny Atari 520ST, floppy disks, and a serial cable….
Wow .... Seeing All This it takes me back to 'My Youth' .... I was born in 1951, so that makes me 72 Plus .... :-) :-) :-) When I did my apprenticeship back in Cape Town in the 70's we had a Massive Workshop ( Metal Box ) .... There were some Tape Machines .... They were 'De Vlieg' Mills, BIG ones .... !!!!! I tell you what , Just drop that "Matsura" in a Small 'Courier Bag' and sent it to me here in New Zealand... I am a Toolamker / CNC Machinist and would love to have a 'Play' with it ..... :-) :-) :-) Thanks for your Super Interesting vidclips .... Best to You and Yours from ChCH, NZ
@@prestigemanufacturing2611 Yes, Originally from Cape Town ZA, but we moved to Christcurch, New Zealand in 1996 .... Stayed in the CNC/Toolmaking Game untill I retired about 5 years ago, but still 'Keep my Hand in' when I periodically get called in to Help-Out.... Trying to find GOOD 'Engineers' these days, is Almost Impossible ..... :-) :-) :-) 'Intuative Engineers' are even more difficult to find .... :-) :-) :-) Cheers .... Thanks for the reply ... :-) :-) :-)
@@kiweekeithso true and so much of the new generation is not interested in how the stuff they use is made or figuring out how to make it profitable to manufacture.
One company I worked for had a CNC multitool punch dating from 1988. Only 5 were ever made. When a firm that owned one of the others d3cid3d to upgrade, my boss bought their old CNC centre for a spare. The control board on the original machine packed-up, so they rigged up the 2nd machine to discover the board on that was also faul5y. Their solution eas to 0ay a specialist controls company to fit a new control system to the old machine. It cost them £25,000 but gave them the ability to load a drawing straight from their CAD program and run it. The control company end3d-up buying the spare machine and doing the same to it.
Before you drop the baud make sure you know which way it's complaining: It could mean that it's not getting fed fast enough (lots of tiny G moves in modern gcode) rather than getting fed too fast. 9600 baud isn't crazy for 1989 tech. Source: Used tech in 1989
Great video. I am currently trying to get one of mc560v running. I'm getting spindle servo alarm and servo is showing fault 3. Any ideas or connections who might be able to help?
I Used one like this when I was an apprentice, crazy powerfull one of our machines ran into its hard stop and pulled out X axis ballscrew spindelnut. We ran these machines with EdgeCam, so it´s not a problem running long programes. The most annoying thing with them is the way the Z offset is made. it´s Z 0 on the table and you type the distance from the table to the top of the work. And you can´t see the absolute Z value for the tool in the spindel.
Use g43 h# set tip tool to work cordinate say g54 once tool leghth proven touch top part with tip tool set g54 the length tool then move tool off part to side and move z up say to tool change level go to mdi give g54 g43h1 z2.00 f100. , moo hit cylcle start wil now pick up tool length and move to z2.0 and moo will stop but now use 2.0 set up block move tool over part be sure not move z but can now check your tool to work g54 z offsett to be sure set correctly good way to check tool offsetts before running prgs to be sure tools set correctly
Do you KNOW what arc filtering is? cnc prg of 7540 lines can be boiled down to 534 lines it is good for older machines .. a new machine is fast enough to eat 7540 but the old one coughs and stops
I'm pretty sure cat40 and bt40 same taper so as long as the pull stud is correct you can put the tool holder in manually normally the issue is the tool changer I know with fadal you can switch just have to reset the tool changer height.
Yup, we have two CT40 holders that we use on our machine (the rest are BT40), just need to use a shorter stud in order to pull the holder fully in to contact with the taper. And yes you need to load them manually, while the plastic holder in the tool changer does catch them somewhat it is definitely not secure to use it that way.
The baud rate here is critical.. I image given that I was using a Commodore 64 in that time frame that 9600 is way way to quick. Honestly you won't notice a significant difference because the machine is processing line by line in the code and smoother is better than errors.
On my haas VFO, it seems like the RS232 port is turned off, I have had other people with a lot of experience wondering if there is some hidden parameter turned off, yes I would like a video on the tumbler and looking forward to another video on the press brake. With what you just did on the machine would let someone interested in machining get started without any DEBT.
Does the MX3 use a pre-set Z retract height that isn't a modal code? It seems like it's just using a wrong Z retract height on those profiling retracts Update - nevermind you found it
As long as you feed the prg @ the correct board rate it will run no problem the code has not changed just the speed it’s processed Ps i wrote this before watching the vid
Can you set a fixture offset to work off of instead of the machine coordinates? I ran mostly Autocon controllers for many years and just set an “E” value for the offsets so that the numbers on the controller make more sense and you can judge your sizes/distances more easily. Any way I love the videos!! Keep up the great content!!
Приветствую, любой старый станок подвергается легко модернизации... И основная модернизация не в мех части па элетро... Так как современные системы это апэ высоко скоростную обработку где важную роль имеет просчет чпу на много кадров вперед.для оптимизации тех процеса.
im 30 seconds into the video, so (being an old cnc machinist) my guess is you will need to learn a lot of the original code from the old machine, like tool change, offsets, possibly spindle start\ speed\ feed etc, and incorprorate that around the f360 tool path codes.
@@prestigemanufacturing2611 it wasnt meant to be info as such, just me thinking out loud totally having a guess! And i skipped to the end of the video, i think i was right!
When you use your height setting tool, you are forgetting to add its height to the offset. Add the two or three inches to your total measurement. That will set the tool to zero above the table.
I always just set my zero to the zero on the gauge because it will be the same zero height across all tools and I won’t have to add anything to the numbers. That way it cuts out the risk of forgetting to add 2” and possibility of crashing a tool.
I set my tools to zero at the table and also set my Haimer to zero at the table. You can then enter the Haimer as a "tool" with the correct offset in the controller. When you set the zero on the material with the Haimer, the reading will be the correct zero without any further calculation. To each their own...
@@prestigemanufacturing2611 from machinist to machinist, learn the error in your measuring tools and you can still hold tolerance with cheap stuff. IMO never measure an endmill unless you do regrinds which I also think no one should do. Drills are the only thing I ever find myself needing to measure.
I have a Matsuura MC-1000V (Fanuc 15M) circa 1991. I've been using Fusion 360 without any real issues. If you'd like my heavily modified Fanuc 15M postprocessor let me know.
If the machine is doing weird stuff. It can be the transfer cable combined with a mobile phone. We ofren have this "issue" on older haas etc. And always Z- or rapidly trying to knock over the 4th axis.. (That's why I will NEVER try a robot "carusel" with a seat... Electronic can do weird shit)
What's up bud, just subscribed to your Channel I too am trying to build my channel and you are so right when you say it's hard to make theses videos and work a job too. So much work,, but keep up the keepin and hopefully one day we have a nice fan base on our channels! 💪👍
Just review your video at 32:30, you were very close but you made a mistake while making the maths with your smartphone. You mistyped the number 14.w instead of 14,7 and got the wrong Z offset.
Sorry, i meant 14.2xxx instead of 14.7xxx , just see the values on the smartphone screen in your video. Very likely this is the reason why Z went half an inch more...
4600, what is this 4600, it's 4800, come on :) (at least that is my assumption based on modems back in the day) Looks like it was a good buy, definately interesting seeing something old running new code.
I'm running fusion 360 into a mid 1990's FANUC M12. With 3d parts I got a lot of shudder from 9600baud not transferring the data fast enough. I went through the post and took out all the N numbers, the leading and trailing zeros and made it only output addresses that are changed in that line. Basically, reduced the amount of data being transferred. The other thing I did, because I'm running wood only in that machine, is I made it only output three places after the decimal instead of four. I had to go into the parameters of the machine and increase the allowable arc errors for it to run, but I got it to work. You can see it working for a few seconds here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hWhKQNYOUnw.html
There's nothing modern in terms of code coming out of F360. It's the same ASCII Text we've been using for years. Matsuura's are easy to post code to. You can use a BTR or go through the RS232. MX3's were largely Fanuc compatible. Nothing special here.
Fusion 360 works perfectly on my 37 year old Bridgeport Interact 4 with a Heidenhain TNC155 control, helps that Heidenhain supply as a free download a server to allow seamless drip feed too, pity FANUC doesn't
Modern code? nothing changed. I don't get your point. The very first public display of NC was at IMTS. They drip fed 6 machines from a single computer on navy pier... the machines you are try to drip feed to were doing it when they were new. I don't see what difference your "modern code" makes. You're not doing anything special or new. thank you for your videos, I do enjoy them.
"modern" meaning dynamic tools paths. Most older controllers can't handle the amount of code fast enough to move the machine at the feed rates the program calls.
@@mattcook544Right the new cam software makes everything into line segments. Which can cause buffer errors drip feeding and shuddering. The shuddering is from the machine starting and stopping after each line of g-code.
@@prestigemanufacturing2611 I agree!! you should get what the market would bear. Your selling price should have no accordance to your purchase price. I'm glad you got a good deal and the next guy will get a good deal as a fair machine at a fair price, not to mention a good old machine back in service!
@@prestigemanufacturing2611 I do the same thing . Some people don't understand the markup? It's good you can get them cheap. Advertising that It never helped me? I make people think I am losing money?