@i2c_jason: This is what a bad day looks like for a small business. #badday #haas #cnc #fail #business

The machinist :

Those are SUPER easy to service- you can straighten the plate (to a point) ONCE. If you do replace it, i usually get them “loaded” because there’s not a huge difference in price between an assembly and a bare plate

Casi :

KelNishi :

Regular Benadryl use increases your chances of developing dementia. There are newer generation antihistamines that are much safer. Ask your doctor.

Peter :

I once potato chipped the aluminum umbrella plate on the vf6. wish I had a picture, it was awful.. the tool got stuck for a split second and got in the umbrella sideways and tool changed 😳 I was able to take off the plate and bend it all back into place pretty easily. had it mounted on one of those old school rotary indexers and kept bending the aluminum tabs until the spacings were even and the plate was flatish enough. yours doesnt look nearly as bad as mine did.

I2C_Jason :

I’d be down to keep using the machine with only 19 tool positions if I could a) recover the system manually and b) ensure that I don’t drop my Renishaw probe, crash the spindle more, or crinkle anything else. Also that tool plate appears to be bent by perhaps a quarter inch. I’m not above sledging or hydraulic pressing it flat… but again, this is still a fairly new machine and still under financing payments. I definitely need an expert here.

JustDerek :

My vf3 is missing half of those spring loaded tool holder covers, and the spindle misaligns when doing tool changes, so I get lots of crashes if I'm not at the machine. Also, if you have really long tooling that doesn't like the umbrella, set up an M00 at tool change with a G129 X or Y offset, load the tool manually, M00 after, remove tool, continue with cycle.

Marcos Cruz :

Like Mach4 feedhod to stop protocol.

Dbellrn :

I feel your pain. Used to run a RoboTool. I was the tool changer. Forgot to swap out a drill to a shorter one and the longer drill proceeded to drill into the table. I hit pause instead of E stop because if I didn’t, it would dump the program. I quit being a machinist right then and there and switched to medicine.

Ray Stranz :

Focus on the positive and the positive will focus on you, negativity draws more negativity

Artiphax Props :

Just pretend there’s no changer. Manual tool changes like the rest of us. :)

don't look at my pfp :

lol

vooodooodad :

Recovering from 2 daycare sicknesses.... You see Jason, that's why I don't go to daycare. I go straight home after work.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh :

I crashed a probe into the table once just rapid moving at .100. the very second before it happened everyone else in the shop heard me yelling "SWEET JESUS!" as I knew what was about to happen and couldn't stop it.

icanplaytwo :

I hate when the kennel cough changes.

Trenton10184 :

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