My company has salvaged a BEAST of a lathe and we have it running, but, no manuals. For the most part, everything seems to work, BUT, we do not know the proper procedure for initiating the correct gear. It has a low, neutral and high manual selector and what appears to be a indicator light (flashing push button style).
There are programs left over from the previous owner in this format:
G97 M40
G50 X48.5 Z17.0
G00 T0404 S100 M3
In Automatic mode. it stops at the first line and the "gear select" light blinks (in fact, it blinks all the time).
I have tried skipping over the first line and it stops at line 3. It's waiting on something, but, pressing the flashing button or shifting the gears, and combining the two yields no results.
thank you, sir.
the problem was 2 gummed up limit switches that confirmed the proper gear was selected. they were both stuck. got it going and am now calling it good... for now.