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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.
 
 
   

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Care & Feeding of Your Haas
Communications
Look What You Can Do With a Haas
Threading and Tapping
Mini Machines
Miscellaneous Topics
Offsets
Programming
Higher Productivity
Haas Rotary Products


Care & Feeding of Your Haas
Operating Temperatures
Calibrating Your CNC Machine
Sleep Mode / Spindle Warm-Up
Calibration Schedule
Coolant Level Indication Recalibration
Returning Last Tool To Carousel

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

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

Mini Machines
Rigid Tap Holder
Mini Mill Machines Steel
Super Mini & the Coolant
Mini Mill Stainless Applications
CAM and the 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

Offsets
Clearing Offsets
Cutter Comp Arcs
Cutter Comp for Lathes
Clearing All Offsets
Changing Probe Offset Values
Ignoring Active Work Offsets
Resetting Without Clearing G52
Using the Taper-Offset Feature

Programming
Pocket Milling
Helical Milling
Engraving Error Message
Circular Milling
Constant Surface Speed
Sub-Routines
Three (Programs) in One
Using CAM Software With a Serial Interface
Editing in the Background
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
Ignoring Active Work Offsets
Recording Cycle Times
Programming the Coolant Nozzle
Checking G-Code with PC 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
Pecking Retraction
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
No Lathe G30 Home
Programming Beeps
Programming Bolt-Hole Circles

Higher Productivity
Counting Parts per Bar
Haas Servo Bar 300 - Programming
Haas Servo Bar 300 - Alternative Pushes
Engraving with Macros (reprise)
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

Haas Rotary Products
Semi 5th-Axis Positioning
4th-Axis at Home
Indexing vs. Full 4th Axis
4th-Axis Feeds
Setting 30
Cylindrical Mapping / Engraving with a Rotary Table
Rotary Tables: Correcting Feed for Different Diameters
Finding Home on the HA5C
Resetting Rotary Position to Zero

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