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[@SeanHodgins]

Infomercial Sean might be unhinged, but you can still support the channel at shop.idlehandsdev.com

[@bonkbonk92]

Old CNCs, clever video editing, humor, perfection! Keep it up man!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks!

[@christianheidt5733]

I'll program that on the machine in like 1/2 hr using g71, g72, & g75 and it certainly won't be 300 lines of code! Great vid!

[@christianheidt5733]

Also I can reprogram depths of cuts on the fly by changing variables in the can cycles. Which means I can prove out the program in 5 minutes flat. Been doing this for 35 years now

[@hacksmith]

That was fantastic!!! Loved the narrative -- these videos just keep getting better!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! That really means a lot.

[@llMarvelous]

Guys, you grew so large, you’ve done many epic things, help this man grow too, such a potential, I can’t believe he has only 150K, this content deserves couple of millions at least @SH keep up keeping up, man, you doing amazing! It’s very inspiring, coz I’m doing stuff too, and your videos got to me at right time! Thank you!

[@evanbarnes9984]

Dude, you've become the William Gibson of KZbin maker channels! I love the cyberpunk nearby alternate reality and the overtones of Max Headroom and Lance Boyle of Megarace

[@SeanHodgins]

The possibilities are literally endless now

[@justinbanks2380]

Such an accurate comment! Spot on

[@rep2403]

The Fanuc System 6 b is a very robust piece of hardware. This one of the first "modern" controls. I think its 1st control to have that fancy CRT. I'm convinced one these controls will be running when they are a 100 years old. The oldest I run was installed in December of 1979, runs almost every day with little to no maintenance. Some I/o board relays are getting wonky thou, replaced the main power supply once, and replaced the encoder cables in 2006. The other hardware is untouched in my 20 years of knowing the machine. This control made me an undying Fanuc loyalist with purchasing newer machines. It has it quirks but, if you look thru the lens of 1980. It's was ground breaking technology. Long live the SYSTEM 6!!!!

[@SeanHodgins]

I’ll be 97 when it’s 100 so it may be a little bit difficult to test this theory but I’ll try my best!

[@nefariousyawn]

This is very exciting. I'm no machinist, but the beauty looks beastly enough to cut more than a little brass. Have you tried programming the arm to do the loading and starting on the machine?

[@SeanHodgins]

Yeah I don’t think it even knows the brass is there.

[@justinbanks2380]

6:48 your lighting and narration. And this bit of closing black bars, but made real. So unique and creative! Awesome man!

[@UnexpectedMaker]

Sean, your workshop is looking amazing (from what I could glimpse) - I'd love to see more of the space when you are ready!

[@SeanHodgins]

I should get a mobile livestream working and do a Q&A workshop tour!

[@steveggca]

Hi Sean nice looking machine ! If it is a 1985 or later machine I might have done the original installation, assuming it was sold new in canada . The servo drives are +/-10vdc analog Not stepper .if you look on the drive you might see a DAC chip . If you need a new rabbit hole to fall into Do some research on bubble memory. That was the original memory used There once was a thriving business of selling unauthorized replace memory boards because bubble was very expensive and not so reliable Oh if you have not done so already its Extremely important to check the condition and length of the servo motor brushes .there is a section in the manual explaining how

[@SeanHodgins]

Thats amazing, it is a 1985 I believe! Great! Ill check it out. I have all the documentation for the machine. I might even have a receipt if the brushes were ever replaced.

[@drafty0183]

One of our oldest machines (an Okuma MC60-VA) uses bubble memory. Not very big at all, but then there's the floppy disk for a backup, and program storage.

[@MakerGrigio]

Sean, you are an inspiration to makers everywhere! writing, editing, Shots, lighting. and a unique promotion. Fantastic! just saw this, spinner is already at 8 bucks.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! Yep $8 almost sold out. I think the ideal price is $16 so still a deal. Lol

[@tugaric]

bro, I'm equally amazed you got space to store all of those beauties. I might be hyper jalous. Anyway awesome vid

[@SeanHodgins]

I'm still amazed every time I walk into the place.

[@zacharyclark4524]

That thing is surprisingly clean for as old as it is! Nice work too!

[@GermanMythbuster]

OMG you have to build a flux capacitor in to the Tape reader compartment! 3:48 - The door window looks just like in the movie 😱🤩🤩

[@ParallaxFPV]

Just stumbled upon your channel and i'm thoroughly impressed with the production quality/entertainment value of your content! Cnc turner here, you're going to want to look into canned cycles for longhand gcode programming, line by line positional programming is great if you're generating it using a post processor and DON'T have to type it all out by hand, it does give you a lot more control over each movement but you can produce programs far more quickly and introduce a more parametric structure to each cycle with canned cycles, once you've got the basic format down for each type of cycle you can simply tweak the conditions to your liking and get a result much more quickly than essentially spelling out every movement the machine needs to make. They're the next best thing to conversational programming and can save a lot of time once you get to grips with them.

[@Mitch3D]

Great video! I love these old CNC restorations, it would be cool to make a modern post processor to punch tape converter so you can use the original tape reader. I ordered one of those spacetime spinners, love the idea of doubling prices to make limited edition items.

[@SeanHodgins]

Limited edition, those are the words I was looking for! Anyway, I had that exact conversation with my friend today, the punch tape idea. I would love to get the punch tape working on the machine.

[@BloodAsp]

Ohhh, that is a rager of an idea, I love it!

[@steveggca]

@@SeanHodgins Hi Sean If you are going to do tape punch right, the name you need to know is Facit . there should still be a few machines around , be warned though, industry abandoned tape in the mid 80's without a single tear shed (except maybe by Lars the NA Facit distributer) , any that are left would be setting abandoned and forgotted in a storage room. With the addition of the rs232 port and some actual program storage memory (see my bubble comment), programs were loaded either with a pc on a cart, or all the cool kids would have a Facit n1050 (Lars is happy again) floppy drive. the n1050 (and/or a PC) could also "dripfeed" the program, if it was larger that storage memory. We used to use words like non-volitile way back then 🤓. Any how back to tape, before "large" non-volitiale memory , the tape was spliced into a continous loop ,read as needed, and then stop at program end ,ready for the next run. Once again there were cool kids and they would use mylar instead of paper. The aerospace companies had profiling milling programs 100's of metres long. Have you by chance wondered why early cnc refered to program memory in Metres?

[@alangunn7254]

I spent a fun week or two some years ago getting "BTRs" (Behind Tape Readers) working on a bunch of machines in Scotland. 🙂 They were for machines that ONLY had tape readers (No RS232!) and simulated the action of the holes sliding past the reader! :-)

[@MarcSallent]

I came here super early and the $1 spinners were still available, but shipping to Barcelona was $10... So not buying the spinner but buying one of those Super Thanks. I prefer you to keep the money and not some postal service

[@SeanHodgins]

Wow thank you! Shipping costs are the bane of my existence.

[@Supercecco85]

We have Mori Seikis in Ansaldo Energia in Genoa, we use them to produce the smaller blades for Gas and Steam Turbines. The versions in the Blade Workshop are now newer than this one but fairly sure we used one like this one 30 years ago.

[@agepbiz]

Love the editing! Great video

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks, there wouldn’t be any video without it! 😁

[@Sammers987Man]

2:08 *YES I DO* thank you for documenting this machine before it is lost to time!

[@SeanHodgins]

You’re welcome, the videos currently available online are interesting but not a lot of details on them. I’m glad you appreciate it as much as I do

[@alexcrouse]

I just stumbled across this channel and this video was ART. Fantastic work! Welcome to the world of old ass machines!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! Now I just need to keep it going!

[@justinbanks2380]

I can't even imagine the number if underwear changes required to get such a powerful machine up and running to do first live cut while still learning how to use. Knowing errors could be both very damaging and costly

[@kayboku7281]

I used to operate a very similar range of cnc machines when i was an apprentice fitter and turner, and yes we did load one of the okumas with punch tape! But that was old technology then (1994), but cad cam did not exist, so you had to write the gcode programs by hand. Most of the machines had 5 1/4 inch disk drives, so you could write the program on a 386 computer, put it on the 5 1/4 inch floppy disk and put it onto the machine. Nice to see one still running!

[@kayboku7281]

is it an okuma with a fanuc controller? I cant quite tell from the video

[@fedeyoutub]

nice video, I'm really curious about the spindle runout, and the precision of the axes, could you do a test with a comparator to see the precision of the repositioning?

[@1jarvin1]

That commercial gives me such Mr. Robot vibes somehow. Very surreal vibe, well done!

[@SeanHodgins]

It’s not a gimmick!

[@hamadaag5659]

It's so encouraging to see someone I look up to who also has T1D, this is amazing.

[@Cartierusm]

Good find. I bought a 1978 Mori SL1 Lathe about 6 or 7 Years ago. I ripped out the electronics and servos and put new servos in, built an electronics cabinet, used mach 4, wrote some code for the Mod Bus and PLC to control the tool changer and now it's like any other modern CNC Lathe, but better as Mach 4 is way easier to learn (I've been using Mach for 20+ years) than FANUC. They are great lathes, enjoy.

[@SeanHodgins]

Want to do it again? haha Ill see how long I live with the original system.

[@Cartierusm]

@@SeanHodgins LOL Sure!! Where do you live? Should I email you from the email in your "about"?

[@adicahya]

wow ... Sean. The workshop i was working, bought a second-hand CNC 5-axis once. When we bought it, i think is around 15 years old or something. We have some trouble with it. Sometimes works, sometimes not, until we gave up one day. See all the PCB board, the chuck, the tools and everything brings back memories :)

[@SeanHodgins]

Ill keep is going as long as I can, but this machine is definitely a lot "simpler" than a 5-axis. I hoping it will stick around for awhile.

[@dfgaJK]

It looks like you need a stock feeder! !

[@SeanHodgins]

Its that orange robot arm behind me. 🤣

[@dfgaJK]

​@@SeanHodgins you going to have to put a grabber on it, that is going the a pain to get working reliably!

[@hunterws]

I used to work at Fastenal in Winona MN, they still enter manually. When it's manual, there are many fewer lines than with a slicer. You just tell the machine what the print says, set stock, check tools and go.

[@SeanHodgins]

Works great for simple parts! But does Fastenal manufacture their hardware? I thought they were just a distributor!

[@hunterws]

A lot of fastners were straight forward, custom head size, custom threads, odd hex hole, etc. Rows & rows of manual lathes in their customs division ... 28 if I remember right. Then on the other side you had all the broaching machines. @@SeanHodgins They distribute & manufacture. Do a lot of induction shaped fastners too, all in Winona :)

[@hunterws]

@@SeanHodgins Here's the induction aspect & post processing. " Fastenal Manufacturing Liner Bolts " kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWK2mnRrebifj8Usi=nCb-vOECVQ2v9g6m

[@lachlanlau]

That is one beautiful old machine. There is a magic to vintage machines you just don't get on anything new..

[@SeanHodgins]

I wouldn't mind a new one either... haha but I do love the look and feel of this, and like the idea of keeping it going for another however many years.

[@mattw7949]

It looks just like the '80's Bostomatic I got and retrofitted. Had the tape reader and everything. I got all the original docs with it, including the purchase order for a quarter-million bucks.

[@SeanHodgins]

Hahaha amazing. That's a cool looking machine. I have lots of manuals and documentation, but no original purchase order. That would be cool to have!

[@xspeedy9137]

In my previous life, I wrote G code for GE Fanuc controlled horizontal turning centers. I never used the clunky graphical tools. I typed it up on a PC and pushed it to the tool with the RS232 port.

[@karlexceed]

I can't shake the feeling that infomercial Sean was trying to tell me something...

[@SeanHodgins]

I think he’s just overreacting…

[@qualifiednot]

gcode line by line by hand is RAW

[@MakeKasprzak]

Awesome. It lives!! Also, the Panasonic PVM makes an appearance! 😆

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! I love that thing, still working great!

[@nferreira36]

A FANUC 6T.. WOW I LEARNT ON THAT, FIRST MACHINE. hard to find spare board comps tho

[@fixyourautomobile]

I enjoyed writing G-code on the alpha keyboard 1982 Tsugami CNC lathe with a tool changer. Man I got good at diagnosing, resetting, and rebooting the machine and manually zeroing.

[@SeanHodgins]

It can definitely be therapeutic!

[@fixyourautomobile]

@@SeanHodgins once you exceed the spectrum of emotions whilst learning from an elderly engineer with odd habits, it then becomes so but only while nobody is watching while you work. HAHA.

[@jackabubba]

I had an old SL-4 running that same ancient Fanuc controller in full production up untill 5 years ago. Old Fred my machinist would do exactly what you did, enter all code in line by line. Fred retired, so did the SL-4

[@SeanHodgins]

Its a lot of work.. He was probably pretty efficient at it! Hopefully you mean the official meaning of retired, and not the one in this video. haha

[@garrettparmenter938]

Love the video artistry and making of oddities. Im tier 3. Happy to help.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks you! We will let the will of the people decide on the final price. haha

[@mikejurkowski]

Bought and paid for. Sweet idea. Fantastic weird vibe to the video.

[@SeanHodgins]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for buying one! They're all shipped out now.

[@JMachien]

Game respected :) I've run Mori Seiki lathes & mills in the past, but nothing that old. I like Mori Seikis :)

[@amandahugankiss4110]

For half a heart beat I heard "See My Vest" as the intro song.

[@Keith-j7h3v]

Those old machines are stronger, and can take more agggressive cuts without developing chatter and harmonics than newer CNC Lathes. Until recently, I worked for 30 plus years at a great job shop that has lots of these older CNCs side by side with new machining centers. I enjoyed your videos, and liked seeing these old work horses still making chips and pumping out precision parts . Take care.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you, I have yet to really push it(I probably won't ever), but it really is a beast of a machine. I appreciate it! Ill keep it going for as long as I can.

[@clytle374]

Long long ago an 18 year old me started a job sweeping the floors and running the saw in a machine shop. The shop got overwhelmed with work and they split the shift. I got put on a mori seki SL-2 with a bar feeder(no real difference with your machine). Not wanting to go back to sweeping the floors and running the saw I took the books home and read them, 3 moths later when we were caught up I told my boss I could program the machine, of course I had to prove that. Somehow in a year a new mori CNC mill showed up and I got it. Wow, it's now 3 decades later. A few comments. Set the post processor up to remove the line numbers, the interpreter can only handle so much text, you don't have a lot of memory. Make sure cad is outputting g2 and g3 radius moves. Try to use can cycles to you can quickly tune at the machine. The end of the file missing is something simple like not having a % at the end of the program. Now for when you need to put a stop in the spindle , but your set it too close to the wall. Take care, best of luck, thanks for the memories.

[@SeanHodgins]

Amazing story! good work. Yeah the line numbers need to go. You're right about the stop! I don't know when I will need one, but I do have a bit of room to move it away from the wall in the future. Wasn't really sure when it was even going to start running when I set it there. Haha

[@autodidact7127]

Your 80s sub 90s perspective aesthetic is so ticht!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you!

[@tristanpatterson3843]

Great stuff. Love the videography style.

[@SeanHodgins]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@idus]

There are very few videos on these machines. I’m working on getting my tool changer working on a mori seiki cl20. Siicckkk video! Glad you posted this

[@SeanHodgins]

Cool, what do you need to do to get it working?

[@idus]

@@SeanHodgins the turret motor has a weird trigger sensor for sensing the tool position. Trying to get Linux Cnc to either decode the two sensors and using the stock lobes or installing my own 8 -1 tooth for sensing tool #1 then all consecutive tools after missing tooth will have a tooth till the empty tooth which resets count. Just not sure how to do it and I don’t want to over stress components with all that hydraulic pressure if I get the timing or count wrong. Kind of nerve racking.

[@joshlewis5065]

That last shot was incredible

[@SeanHodgins]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@douro20]

Those are nice and very robust lathes. I would get an SRAM board to replace the bubble memory in the System 6T control if it hasn't been done already. You can actually put several megabytes of SRAM in place of the bubble memory board and it is much more reliable than the bubble memory.

[@SeanHodgins]

Interesting! I will look into that. It hasn't shown any real memory issues yet, I don't think anyway. Just a direct swap or do I need to change parameters?

[@douro20]

@@SeanHodgins If I remember right it should plug right in.

[@quocdinh2872]

I have run and setup on machine like this one. It is mori SL 5 same control and every thing is alike this one. SL5 have X- make OD bigger, its really confuse with regular machine X+ is bigger on OD

[@seimela]

Well built machine....i have retrofited on added another 40 years❤

[@SeanHodgins]

Its incredible how they can last so long.

[@jamesmac7040]

That's cool. Is it possible to replace the electronics to modernise it to usb?

[@SeanHodgins]

You can add newer electronics, but its a bit of a process and not super cheap. Maybe some point in the future when its needed. I can more easily put in a small raspberry pi to simplify the transfer though. So I may do that.

[@directive0]

Worlds coolest motion control rig!

[@SeanHodgins]

So useful!

[@dhoodlum4129]

Beautiful

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks

[@cmleoj]

Your machine is so clean.👍🏻✔️😀

[@SeanHodgins]

It only required a little scrubbing!

[@cmleoj]

@@SeanHodgins hours and hours…

[@testi2025]

Buy a Moxa NportW2150a so you get wireless rs232. The pin24 on the controller has 24 volts on it, so you can use it to power the Moxa.

[@Daniel.B_63]

It's great to see you posting again... This video was brilliant! Looking forward to seeing your next video👍 Keep up the awesome work, Sean!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you!

[@kayessGuitars]

I spent my apprenticeship on a similar machine in the 70's, it used the Fanuc 5T controller. And yes, tape driven and hand coded, oh what fun. Well it was at the time. :) Great video.

[@SeanHodgins]

The 5T didn't even have the CRT yet did it?!

[@Conways_Euphonia]

Lol sitting in my garage playing guitar, smoking a doobie when I noticed this odd bolt which had me wondering how in the fuck does machining work exactly and it led me here and you got a subscriber cause this is funny as fuck

[@robertvandell8987]

Correction! Nobody I worked with on these (1973 - 1983) ever ran from tape, or typed in a complex program at the machine. You make the program on a timeshare (N/C Labs Inc) or on a desktop (IBM 5150's and beyond). They have paper tape "punches".(I have known folks that just used a teletype and its punch, also where one obtains timeshare connectivity, with an acoustic coupler). The tape reader at the machine reads the program into fanuc memory, after which one sets up the tools and runs parts. interesting times..

[@solosoulet]

God tier, watch, mate!

[@chrisblight6069]

A lot of our CNC machines are 30+ years. The biggest problem is the electronics, being able to source new boards etc, that's going to be something you will need to keep an eye on. The mechanics of the thing, not usually as much of a problem. A guy we use to fix our machines re-iterated this recently. People just aren't making the individual electronic components now, that someone (maybe you) can use to fix a board you can't even source. I do like it though, getting more use from something that someone else has thrown away.

[@SeanHodgins]

I picked up spare power supply board already *just in case* since I found it locally and mine might be in the way out. So that person might have some other things as well. I figure I’ll keep it going for as long as possible, and if it has some catastrophic happen I’ll convert it to a new system. Replacing caps and stuff is also a possibility for me(if I’m actually able to debug the problem) since I’m not totally useless when it comes to electronics.

[@enso-]

Dude, your videos are amazing!

[@Lurchone1]

We don't use line #'s (N10, N11, N12 etc) on any of our machines. Saves typing and reduces program size, particularly good for this SL1 control since the memory is pretty small.

[@SeanHodgins]

I’ve since stopped and it’s transferring way better without it.

[@michaelbrukley1311]

Dude I like the narations

[@nikolaiownz]

These old moris are built. I also have a 40 year old Okuma lathe in my shop that we still use. It is next in line to be replaced since it’s getting old. The sphere bearing is not good and turret it’s woren.

[@SeanHodgins]

I'm sure that will be a difficult day...

[@nikolaiownz]

@@SeanHodgins it always is letting the machines that started it all go. But its a must to be competitive in this industry to have new, fast and reliable machines. 😀

[@KF-qj2rn]

I can't believe how clean and new that sl1 is, like made yesterday.

[@SeanHodgins]

I did scrub a lot of grime off it, but it definitely could have been worse

[@davidbritt4003]

Those old mori seiko are work horses!

[@SeanHodgins]

Its quite the machine!

[@SmileyFace01]

very nice!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks!

[@sabinespeed4146]

Hey man! I have a 1987 Okuma Howa Millac 3VA with a Fanuc control that seems related to yours (I'm guessing you have a OT. Mine's an OM-B). I've upgraded mine to the full 128k from 16k. One thing you should absolutely do is pull the EPROMs out of there and back them up. They have a tendency to bitrot after ~20 years.

[@sabinespeed4146]

Also, back up your params - you can transfer those out through RS232.

[@SeanHodgins]

Hey Thanks! How did you do the upgrade? I've got the params manually backed up in a spreadsheet, didn't take that long. haha Mine is the Fanuc 6T-B

[@39Chevy]

@@SeanHodgins So, on the om-b, all it is is adding RAM to the sockets on the main board and then flipping one of the 900 level parameter bits. I'm not sure where what the parameter is on your control. My RAM is located at 2H, 3H, and 34H...NEC D43256 chips for the main ones, and I can't remember the other number for parity. EDIT: Parameter 901. It's read backwards as well, parameter 0 being the last. EDIT EDIT: Nuts, I'm the same guy, just forgot to log into my business YT account.

[@39Chevy]

Something that is apparently possible but I haven't tried is outfitting a Behind The Tape Reader. Basically it just sits where the tape reader would be and feeds the control information in the format it expects. It's basically unlimited at that point. Of course, if your machine is DNC capable, then all you need is the null cable and you can have a computer simply feed g-code as it goes.

[@AtomicShrimp]

The real answer is 'Why not?'. Yes. Yes it is.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thats is typically my answer to these types of things.

[@AtomicShrimp]

@@SeanHodgins It's the only real answer

[@blabla-kk8bl]

4:50 that nice joystick even not exist in modern machines.Japanese just does best even 40 years ago.

[@SeanHodgins]

Its really amazing quality.

[@johnathonvandurme6014]

What Acrylic LED white board is that? Nice vid by the way

[@sebastianestrada8010]

Very cool narrative ima stick around to see what happens…

[@jeankmamka4638]

00:08 Music (piano): Fiona Apple - PURE IMAGINATION

[@SeanHodgins]

Mark Klett did this one!

[@Alan-hd9ov]

If you can get that going then surely i can get my old boxford160 lathe going 😅

[@maxlacugnato442]

ok...cant lie. this was pretty dam funny...and clever. I do want to know the root of the g code transfer though. an adapter or what exactly

[@00011theman]

Where does one get a giant robotic arm from

[@SeanHodgins]

It just showed up one day. I guess it was a stray.

[@KitarpLive]

Nice video !

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks!

[@tannerbean3801]

I also picked up a SL-1A a few years ago, but it has the Yasnac LX2 control instead of Fanuc. It was working when purchased, but it sat for a year while I situated the 3 phase power in my home garage. I cannot get it to work for the life of me. I'll be retrofitting the control with a 20 year newer Siemens Sinumerik. The iron is too good to move on.

[@SeanHodgins]

The iron is amazing. Too bad it won’t work as is, but it will be a fun project none the less

[@gsxrjeff]

cad/cam produces pages of g code try using a canned cycle g71/73

[@jeepmanxj]

The sl1a is a hell of a machine.

[@SeanHodgins]

It’s a beast!

[@wheelmonkey00]

I recently looked at a CNC machine with a rollerball interface..... thought it would be to much work to update

[@SeanHodgins]

Rollerball in the controller?

[@interestedinstuff]

Very entertaining. Hell of a machine. Let's hope a piece of it doesn't die and leave you with a serious (like One Punch Man serious punch level) doorstop. Keep up the good work. Say hi to Kevin (the orange arm) for me.

[@SeanHodgins]

hahaha, yeah that wouldn't be good. Might make a good video converting it to a new system if that happens. Ill let Kevin know you said hi. Hes been in a mood.

[@DobberD]

Im honestly soo disappointed that the QR code for the space time spinner is not a rickroll. And that it actually is going to the webshop. Would had been fun.

[@max_eley]

This channel is perfection

[@SeanHodgins]

😊

[@BNEdynamics]

I spy a 242!!!! Just found your channel. great stuff 🙂

[@SeanHodgins]

Hey! Thanks, Ill probably get some BNE stuff for it once the floors are back in. 😁

[@twiggss4344]

My old boss was one of those manual programmers. Hunched over typing in code for half a day chain smoking and downing coffee.

[@SeanHodgins]

Oof, yeah and that’s after doing all the manual math to make the shape.

[@DEV_XO]

🔥🔥🔥

[@hoosierfatha]

great Content, used program and those back in the mid 80's. but 300 lines for that part? thats the problem with 3-d modeling software they make g-code huge. should be able to part program that in less that 100 lines on the machine.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! Probably two places to blame, the software bloating the g-code, and my lack of skills in cnc machining in the first place. haha Also me being very conservative on the cuts since I don't want to push it just yet.

[@leggazoid]

Oh no, bubble memory!

[@SeanHodgins]

Still working 😅

[@jasondk5127]

I saw cover photo and I worked with a Mori SL-2 for a few years.

[@SeanHodgins]

Did you like it?

[@MrChaso123]

We run old Mori’s like this one, nice! I have so many questions lol

[@SeanHodgins]

Questions for me? I may not have the answers hahaha

[@pgbcredneck]

i have a very similar lathe, mori sekei sl3H with fanuc 11t controls

[@SeanHodgins]

Awesome, what do you do with it?

[@pgbcredneck]

@@SeanHodgins make round parts 🤣. Currently not hooked up, waiting for new shop build to be completed.

[@spikeypineapple552]

More videos please!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thats the plan!

[@spikeypineapple552]

@@SeanHodgins Also, I'd finish the pointy end before taking the middle out ;)

[@SeanHodgins]

@@spikeypineapple552 😂It only deflects a little... I might change it to a pressed in hard ball since the brass is so soft on that point.

[@taylorcurtis6187]

Wouldn’t those be servo boards not stepper motors

[@melodiclodgings8]

Man it would be fantastic to find one of these machines and also for it to work without issues

[@SeanHodgins]

Still need to see what the tolerances are like, but for more of the stuff I do, that shouldn't matter too much!

[@meawreg]

man it's been a long time!

[@JD-hh9io]

That's an SL-1, not even an SL-2! I would have left the spindle side out in the open so you can feed in some bar stock. I ran a bunch of them things. SL-25, CL-25. Live tooling moris, Toyodas, Toshibas, I can go on but, no point. Good luck!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! Might need to move it at some point but should work for what I’m doing now. Didn’t even know if it ran when I put it there! haha

[@JD-hh9io]

@@SeanHodgins Moris are really good machines. I don't think that the machine will run off of the tape reader. It's for loading the program. I would think that there is a master tape out there somewhere with all the the parameters and what ever other options that thing came loaded with. My old employer did have an SL-2 with a bar feeder. We turned some long parts. Does your machine have a tail stock? And one last thing, battery alarms. Should be some batteries for memory backup. If you have to change batteries, do it with the power and control on. Otherwise, if you take batteries out with your power off. POOFFF. Memory will be lost. And I mean all of it. Parameters and everything.

[@noithugian494]

Can you show me the tool station sensors of this cnc machine?

[@SeanHodgins]

Where would I find them?

[@noithugian494]

@@SeanHodgins behind the knife station