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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 1980 Mori Seiki SL1 CNC Lathe to Mach3 Conversion

« on: April 08, 2011, 11:42:13 AM »

Here are some additional pics of the electronic enclosers.  Encloser 1 has the main power and spindle drive, enclose 2 has a power supply(?), X and Z drivers, and the 1980s computer circuit.  It does have a tape drive converter circuit too, this might have some eBay value

JH

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 1980 Mori Seiki SL1 CNC Lathe to Mach3 Conversion

« on: April 08, 2011, 11:34:53 AM »

I thought it had a fanuc 6TA control but looking at the Z axis motor I don't think so, is it a Yasnac?
Spent the last 30 years working on Mori's and the like, no yasnacs up here in Canada. Have lots of info. Do you have drawings?
This is the Cadillac of machine tools.
Ray.

Cadillac is right on !  This thing is one big hunk of old iron...its a beast at 5500 LBS. 

Yasnac is the servo types, I have a poor condition connection drawing of an SL3 Lathe and a good detailed connection / interface drawing for the Spindle Control.  I will post these once I scan them in.  If you have anything on the SL1 I would very much like to see it

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 1980 Mori Seiki SL1 CNC Lathe to Mach3 Conversion

« on: April 08, 2011, 11:20:36 AM »

It look like to be in really good shape.

I'm not worry about this project when I look at the VMC retrofit you did, it was so nice.

Jeff

Thanks for the vote of confidence.  I know tool/engine lathes well, but CNC Lathes are new to me. 

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / 1980 Mori Seiki SL1 CNC Lathe to Mach3 Conversion

« on: April 07, 2011, 05:50:11 PM »

We are just getting started on this Mori Seiki SL1 CNC Lathe to Mach3 Conversion.  I have had this lathe for about 2 years and now its time to get moving on it.  I didn’t want to dig into it until I had both the time and resources to dedicate to the project.  

Not knowing much about CNC Lathes or Mach3 Lathe, I anticipate this will take some time for me to get my head around it.  My plan is to get some of the covers off and understand the spindle and X & Z Axis first.  There is a 3 Phase 2HP hydraulic pump for the Collect Closer, Tail Stock, and Tool Changer: not sure how this works or the theory of operation of these mechanisms.  Also is a Coolant pump and Lube pump.  

Not sure what I will reuse yet of the Axis Drivers or Spindle Control as the lathe will need to converted to 220VAC Single Phase.

If anyone has information on these lathes, it would greatly be appreciated.

It is in real clean shape and was clamed to be functional when we got it.  Below are some pictures of the starting point:

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 1987 Bridgeport Production Center Interact 412 to Mach3 Conversion

« on: March 03, 2011, 11:46:35 AM »

I think either one of those will work.  Yes the Mach3 Training Videos    Its hard to explain how to set it up, but once you do it.... you say "man that easy"

Let me know how it works out for you.

JH

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 1987 Bridgeport Production Center Interact 412 to Mach3 Conversion

« on: March 02, 2011, 04:30:16 PM »

Hey Pete,

I've been watching your thread on the Zone, it looks like your ready to tap !  You can "rigid tap" with a VFD and Mach, but if you use a floating tap holder then you can tap all day long.  I use this feature ALL the time on this new machine.

As far as the RS485 ModBus, all you need on the PC side is a USB to RS485 dongle (20-30 buck on ebay)  Read/Watch the ModBus videos and use the test feature in Mach to verify you can read/write the registers in your VFD.  Depending on the features your VFD has, you should be able to set RPM, monitor AMPs, Temperature, ect.   

Thanks,

JH

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Mori Seiki TL5 Lathe controller upgrade with DSPMC

« on: March 01, 2011, 01:55:01 PM »

I'll be watching this build !!!  Can't wait to see your progress.

JH

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: February 19, 2011, 10:21:43 AM »

Nice days work.  Sometimes when you step back for a couple days, you redo things ....  Evolution of the lathe, can't wait to see the chips flying.

JH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mori Seiki TL-5 TL5 Fanuc 2000 upgrade

« on: February 18, 2011, 08:36:55 PM »

Post some pics.... Should move to the machine builds section?

JH

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Homemade ATC for an R8 Spindle (several years old)

« on: February 17, 2011, 08:12:26 PM »

I saw the start of your build, you can do that with Mach.  You can do almost anything with Mach.

This was fun playing with it, but it was scrapped a long time ago.  A real ATC is the way to go, you retro an old VMC much easier than making your own.

JH