Could someone tell me where to turn on/off the block skip function on the Haas control? Of course, if Haas would put an index at the back of their manuals I would not have to ask stupid questions like this. :mad:

Vern

The key that says "BLOCK DELETE".

EDIT: In my manual in the Index, first page in big letters referring one to page 65 and 66. The page number may be different in your manual.

DELETE = Skip in HaasLand obviously

Look on the top right keypad, second row, second to last button. You have to have a " / " in the front of the lines of code you want to skip, then press the Block Skip button and all is well.

Sample Code

%
O1234 (SAMPLE)
(MASTERCAM - X2 MR1)
(T1 1/2 FLAT ENDMILL)
G00 G17 G20 G40 G80 G90
(CUT OD)
T1 M06 (1/2 FLAT ENDMILL)
G00 G90 G54 X-1.425 Y-.025 S3500 M03
G43 H1 Z.1
M08
/M97 P20 (TURN BLOCK SKIP ON TO SKIP THIS LINE)
G01 Z-.25 F50.
G41 D1 Y-.175 F32.
G03 X-1.25 Y0. I0. J.175
G01 Y.875
G02 X-.875 Y1.25 I.375 J0.
G01 X.875
G02 X1.25 Y.875 I0. J-.375
G01 Y-.875
G02 X.875 Y-1.25 I-.375 J0.
G01 X-.875
G02 X-1.25 Y-.875 I0. J.375
G01 Y0.
Y.02
G03 X-1.425 Y.195 I-.175 J0.
G01 G40 Y.045
G00 Z.1
(CIRCLE MILL BORE)
N20 X0. Y0.
G01 Z-.25 F15.
Y.0993 F25.
G41 D1 X.0993
G03 X0. Y.1987 I-.0993 J0.
Y-.1987 I0. J-.1987
Y.1987 I0. J.1987
X-.0993 Y.0993 I0. J-.0993
G01 G40 X0.
Y0.
G0 Z.1 M09
M05
G91 G00 G28 Z0.
G28 Y0.
G90
T1 M06
M30
%

Thanks fellows, I need to brush up on my Haas speak. I had a hard time looking at delete and skip as synonymous terms.

Your reference to an index suprised me because I downloaded the vertical mill manual from the Haas web site befor my machine arrived and have used it ever since. I finally pulled the one out from behind the control panel and vola, an index!

These are both examples of making poor assumptions.

Vern

.....Your reference to an index suprised me because I downloaded the vertical mill manual from the Haas web site befor my machine arrived and have used it ever since. I finally pulled the one out from behind the control panel and vola, an index!

These are both examples of making poor assumptions.

Vern

Did you find the index in the downloaded manua; it is there.

070730-2143 EST USA

A way to get lot of control over various skips is to use

if (#510 EQ 0) goto 1000

Where you can have multiple FLAGS (#510 in the above line) simultaneously and nested if you want, and different gotos..

So if you want you can have an inner loop and jump (goto) a location outside an outer loop.

.

Did you find the index in the downloaded manua; it is there.

The manual I down loaded as a .pdf and printed is identified as 96-8000 rev N June 2006. The table of contents refers to an index but I don't have these pages. I'll try to do better in the future, thanks for the help.

Vern