TM-2 questions

[DEAN]

On my TL-1 I made a jumper for the plug where the Deadman switch is connected.

[Shotout]

Originally Posted by Geof Don't feel insulted, it was just a graphic description to match the pictures Haas puts on their machine showing bits of fingers flying off cutting tools I am puzzled when you say one machine has one and the other doesn't; in other words one of your TMs can be run just like a regular enclosed machine? I wanted to get a TM that could be run unattended and was told it was not possible.

On the body parts, since recently joining this profession I've noticed I check the fingers of the machinist I've met, and take heart that most of them have the right number of complete fingers! Long story short many times roping I've realized a couple of mine appear to be just a wee bit too long and I figure I might just possibly trim them to size one day, unintentionally of course since I've tried enough to do it roping. Seriously I take shop safety to heart though, all joke aside. <-- for any safety police who might read this

Safety switch. That is correct. The machine is an open design but doesn't have a saftey switch installed. Where the safety switch should be there is what appears to be a factory installed cover, polished black plastic snap in type of cover. On the controller were the hanger should be there is nothing, not even tapped holes filed with cap screws. Our shop runs TM-1's not -2's if that makes a difference.
When I started I had worked on a MiniMill and a Cinncinatti Arrow 1250 milling center at school and didn't know they still made open machines. I had seen them in text books but figured the lawyers and the saftey police had made that a thing of the past. Later I got to thinking about the difference and started checking things out. Setting 51 is set to on, just like the other machine, or an enclosed machine. It is appearently mechanically disabled in the controller, jumped or something I assume. I asked the company production manager about the machine controller. He said other than a monitor on one machine (he couldn't remember which) and a floppy drive it is as it was origional from the factory. To be completely honest I didn't know that was a safety switch until I tried to run my first program on it and the error msg came up. This is my first machinist job so I'm still looking for the ropes so I can learn them. I pulled out the manual then because I assumed there had to be a way to disable it. I'm expected to keep both mills and the Mazak lathe running all day, like the previous guy, so I knew I had to do something and there was something do be done.

Scott

[eblayd]

Being new to cnc machining I often find myself with a deathgrip on the safety switch. For those times that I feel brave I lock the button down with a clip bent out of sheet metal.