Emco 1998 turn 55

Aaroncnc wrote:

See my post in your other thread.

Moved the reply here, thank you.
The other redundant topics deleted.

3? You good, I replied to a topic then may have accidentally started one in the CBC section when I thought it was a CNC problem

Gearshift,

are you able to home the machine?
Can you move it in the x and y?
Also picture of the machine can help.

12. Each tool will have its own geometry, and each one must
be defined separately before running G-code programs. In
total, the lathe will store up to 16 tool geometries. These
can then be related to one of three/six positions in the
turret. When calling a tool in a G-code program use ’Txxyy’
where ’xx’ is the turret location of the tool and ’yy’ is the
geometry number to use. So a tool in position ’2’ in the
turret using defined geometry ’5’ would be called with
’T0205’. Put a turning tool in turret position 3.
 

I don’t know if the issue is the code we are putting in but the turret itself as even manually moving it is not possible without taking the cap off of the top of the turret. When we press ctr 1 nothing happens and I tried putting in the correct geometry and nothing happened, how do I post a picture without starting a new forum

upload it to google images or imgur. take pics of the turrent and all control boards also the control screen after homed.

gearshift wrote:

It is using winMC so maybe? It looks like a black screen so I think it is the original CBC program that the machine uses and the manual refers to

Not using LinuxCNC.
But pictures might help a lot, as AaronCNC noted.
Pictures can be uploaded here on the forum also.
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