Jumping in with both feet

[Marc Davis]

Hello all, this is my first post.

I just got my first CNC machine. I was planing to do a retrofit on a BP clone but I can across a milling center for $500 and couldn't pass it up. It's a 1987
Matsuura MC-560V with a Yasnac MX 2 control. It was in production until a month ago when the spindle driver started to throw a fault code. The x,y, and Z still move fine.
My first job is to get it moved home. At 5 tons it will take some doing. I have a bid from one company to do it for $650. Next job will be to make sure my rotary phase converter meets the specs. for the machine. Then repair or replace the spindle driver.

Here is a link to a few photos of the machine.
http://picasaweb.google.com/sandy.n.marc/CNC#

Thanks for reading
Marc

[tobyaxis]

For a first machine it looks like you bought a good one.
Hopefully everything is in good working order.
Box Ways too.
MX2 Yasnac is a good control.
Do you have the Manuals for Programming and Maintenance??

You can find most of what you need here.

http://www.yaskawa.com/site/Support....ntrollers.html

Good luck with her and welcome to CNC Zone!

[Marc Davis]

Thanks, I got a bunch of documentation with the machine.
I also just found the documentation for the spindle drive.
I talked to two of the people who ran the machine since new. They said it is a good machine. They both thought about buying it but don't have the room.

Marc