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Searchable Solutions to your Frequently Asked Application Questions
Here it is: a collection of questions asked by Haas owners and the answers provided by our applications engineers. These are taken from the Haas Answer Man column in CNC Machining magazine. You can scan topics from the list below or search using a keyword to isolate a topic.
Care & Feeding of Your Haas
Communications
- Program Editing on a PC
- Laptop to Haas
- Floppy Disk Files
- Download Time: RS-232 vs. Ethernet
- Connecting Your Haas to a PC
- Surfcam Download / DNC
- DNC From a Zip Drive
- Hyperterminals and PCs
- Using CAM Software With a Serial Interface
- Printing to a Text File
- RS-232 to USB
- Uploading a File From a USB Device
Look What You Can Do With a Haas
- Designate Heavy Tools
- Timers & Tools
- Tool Changer Restore
- Beep at M30 et al. (Setting 39)
- Auto Shut Down (Settings 1 & 2)
- Hard Turning on a Haas
- 10K Time Limits: None
- User-Defined M Codes
- Faster Tool Changes (SMTC)
- Feedrate Override
- Restart in the Middle of a Contour
- Authorized Users Only
- Fast Tool Changes
- Dry Run / Graphics
- Using the Graphics Display
- Cycle Start / Feed Hold (Setting 103)
- Run • Stop • Jog • Continue
- User-Defined M & G Codes
- Editing in the Background
- One-Axis Rapids
- Restricting Control Access
- Duplicating a Program In Memory
- Using Cam Tool Libraries With the SMTC
- Automatic Power Down
- The G70 Bolthole Cycle
- Rapid Into a Hole
- 1% Feedrate Override
- TIP — Search for Part of a Code in a Program
- TIP — Auto Air Gun Activation
- TIP — Setting 88 to Prevent Overrides
- TIP — Using G-Code for Circular Milling
- Setting a Lathe to Avoid a Crash
- Learning Haas
- Calculator on Haas Control
Threading and Tapping
- Left-Hand Rigid Tap
- OD vs. ID Threads
- Threading Spring Pass
- Multiple Deep Rigid Tapping
- Multiple Start Threads on a Lathe
- Threading (Lathe)
- Thread Milling Macros
- Pipe Thread Programming
- Drilling And Tapping Commands
- Programming Repeat Rigid Tapping
- Rigid Tapping and Overrides
- Tapping Stainless Steel vs. Titanium
- Left-Hand Tapping
- Rapid A Drill Into A Hole
- Metric Tapping
- Thread Milling on a VF-3 W/Gearbox
- Synchronizing to a Pre-Cut Thread
Mini Machines
Miscellaneous Topics
- Bad Code Message
- Lathe Performance
- Verifying Toolpaths
- Deep Boring Chatter
- Calculating Stainless Steel I & II
- Printing to a Text File
- Feed-Per-Revolution Mode
- Controlling Air Flow Through Aftermarket Mister
- Operator’s Manuals, Macros
- Cutting Torque Requirements
- Options And Trial Options
- Utilizing High Speed Machining
- Toolchange Beeps
- Coolant Level Indication Recalibration
- Returning Last Tool To Carousel
- Chuck-Jaw Bolt Torque
- Slowing Down the Graphics
- Small-Diameter Tools and Through-Spindle Coolant
- Lost Operator’s Manual
- One-Axis Rapids
- Restricting Control Access
- Using 21 Tools in a 20-Tool Carousel
- Beacon Macros
- Changing Quick Code Probing Units
- Calculator Input
- Restricting Control Access
- Erased Program Recovery
- Pecking Retraction
- Using Cam Tool Libraries With the SMTC
- Dead Stops for Lathes
- Spindle Settings: SSV
- Resetting Axis Position to Zero
- Controlling Boring Chatter
- One-Percent Feedrate Override
- Keeping Track of Tools
- Balanced Tooling
- Non-Flat Engraving
- Engrave Sequential Serial Numbers
- Setting a Lathe to Avoid a Crash
- Overrides – Program Optimizer
- Coolant Startup
- Nesting Commands / Dust Extraction
Offsets
Programming
- Sleep Mode / Spindle Warm-Up
- Program Editing on a PC
- Beep at M30 et al. (Setting 39)
- Auto Shut Down (Settings 1 & 2)
- User-Defined M Codes
- Faster Tool Changes (SMTC)
- Restart in the Middle of a Contour
- User-Defined M & G Codes
- Left-Hand Rigid Tap
- CAM and the Mini Machines
- Cutter Comp Arcs
- Clearing All Offsets
- Pocket Milling
- Helical Milling
- Engraving Error Message
- Circular Milling
- Constant Surface Speed
- Sub-Routines
- Three (Programs) in One
- Haas Servo Bar 300 - Programming
- Engraving with Macros I
- Engraving with Macros
- Quick Code & Visual Quick Code
- Pallet Changers
- Family-of-Parts Macros
- Tool Life Macros
- 4th-Axis Feeds
- Cylindrical Mapping / Engraving with a Rotary Table
- Using CAM Software With a Serial Interface
- Editing in the Background
- Feed-Per-Revolution Mode
- Pipe Thread Programming
- Rotary Tables: Correcting Feed for Different Diameters
- Alarm Simulation Software?
- CAD/CAM Interpreter G-Code Errors
- Modal Defined
- Setting Up the Post Processor
- Utilizing High Speed Machining
- Ignoring Active Work Offsets
- Recording Cycle Times
- Programming the Coolant Nozzle
- Checking G-Code with PC Graphics
- Slowing Down the Graphics
- Non-Monotonous Alarm
- Programming Warning Beeps
- Stop on Parts Count
- Programming Repeat Rigid Tapping
- Linking Sub-Programs
- From Drawings to Program
- Using 21 Tools in a 20-Tool Carousel
- Beacon Macros
- Control File Formats
- Pre-Staging the Side-Mount Tool Changer
- Programming a Tool Change
- Duplicating a Program In Memory
- Erased Program Recovery
- Pecking Retraction
- Using Cam Tool Libraries With the SMTC
- Advancing Serial Numbers After Engraving a Set
- Disengaging Sub-Spindle Orientation
- Automatic Power Down
- Alias M-Codes
- Use One Tool on All Parts
- Stopping the Lathe When the Bar Needs Changing
- The G70 Bolthole Cycle
- No Lathe G30 Home
- Rapid Into a Hole
- Programming Beeps
- Programming Bolt-Hole Circles
- Renumbering Program Change Lines
- Metric Tapping
- Non-Flat Engraving
- Engrave Sequential Serial Numbers
- Tool Breaksge Alarm
- Thread Milling on a VF-3 W/Gearbox
- Scaling and Rotation Commands
- Engraving on the Round Side of a Part
- Programming Live Tools
- DS Spindle Synch
- Synchronizing to a Pre-Cut Thread
- Saving an MDI Program
- Custom Probe Macros
- Learning Haas
- Multiple Cutting Program Revisions
- Coolant Startup
- Door Access Without Resetting
- Nesting Commands / Dust Extraction
- Engraving Offset Disappears at Reset
- Left-Hand Turning on an HL Lathe
- Alarm When Chucking ID
- Codes for Variable-Speed Turning
Higher Productivity
- Counting Parts per Bar
- Haas Servo Bar 300 - Programming
- Haas Servo Bar 300 - Alternative Pushes
- Engraving with Macros I
- Engraving with Macros
- SL-3- Tailstock
- Quick Code & Visual Quick Code
- TL-15 B Command
- Increasing Output
- Pallet Changers
- Family-of-Parts Macros
- Tool Life Macros
- Editing in the Background
- What is HSM?