From kitamura to Haas

A little background..Ive been setting up kitamura my-centers for 10 yrs.My previous employer would hand me a work order/print and i would saw the material,upload the programs,rough,finish mill,first article each finish op,and give to Qa for final inspection,...then to shipping dept..,"job complete".I left on good terms ,landed a job "referred" by 1 of my "unsuccessful" interviews.Small shop,2 employees and the owner.I made it "VERY" clear during the interview that i have never touched a HaasVMC before.He said "NO problem",i can really use your help setting up" ...On a "kit" you use T#,input,m6 input,output start -to get a tool from the carasoel.On the Haas it was t# carosoel rt(?).Setting tool length on a "kit" is EOB Z, input.I believe the haas was "set tool measurement".Different procedure-same result.Ive been there 5 days and he has showed me 2 things.The rest of the time im "makin chips".'I'm trying to learn his job procedures but hes not helping to much.I know what i want the machine to do,i just need help "telling" the Haas to do it!...He doesnt have any operator manuals,,,i already asked!
Do you "haas guys" know of a few websites that would give me any info on operating the control panels and soft key functions.

jeff

Haas has their manuals available for download on their website. Use the link below.

http://www.haascnc.com/custserv_updates.asp#manualupd

thank you very much !!

jeff

i wouldn't sweat it too much . if you can operate any similar machine , a haas should be
of little difficulty getting used to ...they're highly self explanatory , many functions are
simply buttons on the pendant .with the manual and the provided cheat-sheet it's easy.

also, unlike fanuc and some other controls, haas doesn't really care about format.
as long as you have your commands in a reasonable order , it will generally work fine.


1 -m- code per line , 1 modal command at a time from the same group . h and t agreement,
(which can be disabled ) proper lead-in-out for cutter comp......decimal point on your -f-
rates......... that's all that comes to mind. good luck.