New toy -- Supermax 16VS

Hi Peter,

I can't help with the hardware info but I did own one of those Anilam Crusader controls. Pretty nice things with some features my latest mill does not have.

I used a DOS version of comEDITcnc for comms with it, not sure if it is still available but maybe a search on comEDITcnc will throw some light.

I can search an old computer and see if I have any files for the Anilam and let you know the comms parameters etc. I seem to remember it used a standard PC serial cable with no crossover for 2-3. It also needs % as the first and last characters in the gcode file. The first one triggers it to start-to-save when uploading to it and the last one signals the end of file.

Well, no answer from Yeong Chin so far. I guess I'm going to have to look elsewhere for a manual for this mill. I would have been glad to pay them for a manual, or even a Xerox or pdf version, but they seem uninterested in support for older models.

--Pete

ebay item 150266467102 (doesn't say what year)

There's money to be made on obsolete manuals, I guess. I wonder how many copies he's sold so far?

Dave

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The base machine, other than the box ways, is close enough to a Bridgeport that lube and operation specs for a BP are applicable. Spindle oil (Velocite #10) in the spindle. Medium way oil (Vactra #4) for the ways.

I assume the mystery knobs are on the CNC control. Have you tried Anilam?

If you do find instructions for adjusting the ways I'd love to hear what you find. The multiple gibs and Turcited surfaces make adjusting by feel difficult, if not impossible. Mine is a '96 manual machine.

I've got this supermax and manual:

Is it like yours?

Karl

This is a manual YCM-16VS like mine:

than yours, but larger than a BP. 9x49 table and weighs about

2600#. Does your manual have instructions on adjusting the table, saddle, and column gibs?

I'm emailing from the road right now, but I think it does. The manual is written in chinglish, bit hard to follow at times.

Karl

Close but not quite. However, the knob just above the controls for the power drawbar (two red buttons marked in/out) in the first picture is one of my mystery knobs. What does it do? --Pete Peter W. Meek

It selects the quill downfeed rate. The knob on the opposite side of the head engages the feed. Leave it disengaged unless you're using the downfeed. The feed direction is selected by pushing or pulling the little knurled knob that sticks out the front of the head to the left of the quill scale. There's a feed trip mechanism built into the quill stop that is often broken in used machines, but is easy to repair.

All of this is identical to a Bridgeport. I think Iggy has posted scans of a BP manual somewhere.

Dunno, but he just sold one more. Thanks for the pointer.

--Pete Peter W. Meek

Thanks to all who responded. I have a manual on the way and possibly some answers to questions I asked and that others have asked will be answered. If there is any info on adjusting gibs I will post a followup. --Pete Peter W. Meek

Ah. Then a moot point in my case as that is all managed by the Anilam Z-axis servo. --Pete Peter W. Meek