fastmike75
Plastic
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2017
It's another newbie! I have spent the last five months cleaning and rebuilding everything on a 1984 Mori Seiki SL-2H CNC Lathe with Yasnac LX1 controls. Had a dead computer battery and years of neglect. Everything works on the machine and is all original! Could not have done it without reading the posts and information on this site. Thanks to everyone!
Okay now that I have this nice solid old machine purring like a kitty, I need to make gear blanks really bad. I have been studying the G-code for months from the Peter Smid CNC programming handbook and have my program written to make my part. I have tried everything and combination of buttons to get the machine to save the code into memory and I can't seem to make it work. I can run lines of code in the MDI mode but can't get it to save. Soon as I switch to edit or mem, it erases my input.
This machine has a paper tape reader to save program to memory. It also has a RS232 port below the tape reader. Is there any way to get software to download to the machine? I don't mind typing the program in if someone can help me save program to the machine so I can run it. I only have a few parts to make.
I have extensive documentation and wiring information on this SL-2H lathe. If anyone needs anything I am happy to share my information. Thanks everyone!
Okay now that I have this nice solid old machine purring like a kitty, I need to make gear blanks really bad. I have been studying the G-code for months from the Peter Smid CNC programming handbook and have my program written to make my part. I have tried everything and combination of buttons to get the machine to save the code into memory and I can't seem to make it work. I can run lines of code in the MDI mode but can't get it to save. Soon as I switch to edit or mem, it erases my input.
This machine has a paper tape reader to save program to memory. It also has a RS232 port below the tape reader. Is there any way to get software to download to the machine? I don't mind typing the program in if someone can help me save program to the machine so I can run it. I only have a few parts to make.
I have extensive documentation and wiring information on this SL-2H lathe. If anyone needs anything I am happy to share my information. Thanks everyone!