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    Just had a cute little VMC 15 delivered yesterday. Great machine, I have had
    one single VMC 40 for 12 years or so, One man shop, So I know the operation
    of these Ok. Ball screws are in perfect shape, no backlash, all parameters are
    under .0008

    See attached Pic, Did a 3d test last night using BobCad, Equaldistant finish
    and results are pretty imperssive

    Anyhow, My question, I can turn coolant pump on and off manually at the panel
    but it does not respond to M8 command

    Fuse?

    any Ideas? Help appreciated

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    Weirdness, M7 turns on the flood coolant plug, and M8 turns on the mist

    So something appears backwards, Of course Mist is on a 2 amp fuse, so the coolant
    main pump pops it if you attempt to plug into the mist side

    So for now, M7 is "coolant on" until Somebody possibly chimes in here with a fix

    LOL

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    Nevermind, I figured out There is a parameter that swaps them, Got it handled

    Thanks for the help

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    Man, dont know how I got though all these years without rigid tapping,

    What a cool feature

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    Aye. When I went to the Fadal training class in Cincinnati ~16 years ago the old guy there discouraged us from using it. So I didn't (plus we had a few Tapmatic units). First time I tried it I was like "WHOAA!" I still use the 'matics when the situation fits but I'm all about the rigid tap.



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