How to Guide Haas
From GT RoboJackets
The Haas is a 2008 Haas VF-2.
- Travel - 30"X x 16"Y x 20"Z
- Max Spindle Speed - 7500RPM
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Typography
- Bold denotes buttons on the control panel
-
CodeandCode
denotes G-Code
Pro Tips
- Press Help Calc twice to bring up built in calculators for stuff like surface speed, feed, circles etc. It also has G-Code and M-Code references.
- Unless you have plunging endmills, you should set the plunge rate to be 1/4 of the mill feed speed
- Put the edge finder in a high tool number like 20 or 22
- M06 is tool change
- To put a tool in 12
M06 T12
- To put a tool in 12
- Always keep doors open when using the edge finder to keep spindle speed at 750 RPM max
- Set the zero in the G-Code to be (0.25,0.25) inches below the part to account for the thickness of the edge finder
- You can preview your code by pressing Graph twice then Cycle Start
Power On
- There will probably be a power on error
102 SERVOS OFF. This is normal. Press the RESET button a few times to clear this error. - Press the Power-Up Restart button to home the machine. This will return all axes to their zero positions. The machine will move, the doors must be shut.
Jogging the Axes
- Press Hand-Jog
- Press a jog increment button (like .001 1.) they are to the left of Hand-Jog
- Press the desired axis to be controlled (like +Z)
- Rotate the jog dial to move the machine
The Haas has a tabbed based menu system
- Press Cancel to move up one tab level
- Use the arrow keys to select the desired tab
- Press Enter to select the tab
CAM Tips
RPM & Feed Rate
Chip Load
Alumnium (cast not hardened)
- Cutter Dia. - Chip Load
- 1/4 - .002
- 1/2 - .004
- 3/4 - .005
- 1 & up - .006
RPM & Feed Calculator
http://www.whitney-tool.com/html/calculatorSpeedFeed.html
- Note: Max RPM of the Haas is 7500 RPM
Fixturing
- Clean the vice before use, otherwise scrum on the vice may mess up your fixturing
- Use parallels to space your part up from the bed of the vice
- Smack the part down with a rubber mallet when clamping it to keep it settled in the vice
Loading Tooling
Put the tool in the holder
- Select the tool holder
- Unscrew the collet retainer with the collet wrench. There is a fixture on the rear of the machine to hold the tool holders while tightening and removing
- Place an appropriate collet in the holder. Align the diamonds on the collet and the holder
- Place the tool in the collet
Loading Tooling in the Haas
- Open the doors
- Go to the desired spindle position by pressing ATC FWD or ATC REV (Automatic Tool Change Forward/Reverse)
- Once you are at the desired tool position, press the Tool Release button on the right of the spindle
- While holding the Tool Release button, place your new tool into the spindle, rotate the tool until it aligns with the bosses
- Release the Tool Release button to lock the holder into the spindle
Zeroing the part
- Press Hand Jog -> Offset
- Press Offset to toggle between Part and Tooling Offsets. Select Part Offset.
- Highlight
G54(default in MasterCam)
Edgefinder
- Important! Open doors of machine to limit RPM of the spindle to 750 RPM. The edgefinder will be destroyed otherwise
- Press Spindle to turn on the spindle of the machine
- Jog the machine until the edgefinder is not wobbling
- Select the appropriate axis of
G54and press Part Zero Set
Zeroing Tooling
- Put the tool in the spindle
- Press Hand Jog -> Offset
- Press Offset to toggle between Part and Tooling Offsets. Select Tooling Offset.
- Select the field of the tooling you want to edit. If you are editing the height offset, select the length field
- Jog the machine down to the part, place a piece of paper between the part and the tool, move the tool down until it touches the paper on the part. Remove the paper and jog the spindle down another 4 Thousandths.
- Press Tool Offset Measure to zero the tool length
Other Notes
Sometimes mastercam does not output ";" at the end of line to add this:
- Open in notepad++
- Find/Replace
- Select regular expression
- Find: (.)$
- Replace: \1;
