Update on my spindle bearing noise, with advice from Steve at Denfords I have now changed the main bearings and after the first run it seems to be nice and quiet. It took a week of careful work, made a few special tools and pondering how tight the bearing tension nut should be , as it will take a fe...

I am in need of a little advice. My vmc 1300 developes a clicking noise from the spindle area as the head heats up on a long job. When it's cooled down its smooth again. Is this a serious fault? I can't see a grease point anywhere, bearings and belt are hidden inside the castings. Are they tapered b...

Today I put switch 1 & 2 to on & set max speed pot to low.
on manual controls; start spindle at 2000 rpm, adjusted pot till spindle reached 2000 rpm, pot about half way.
GREAT! all working again.
Thanks very much for your help.
cheers,
jim

hello,
Thanks, switches 1 & 2 now set for 50 - 100v, to get 2000 rpm at spindle requires indicted 2800. almost there!
tomorrow i will select the 100- 200v setting.

hi Martin, Thanks for the advise, finally got to tackle the job today. on spindle motor- disconnected tacho wires & parts. changed 10A fuse feeding sprint board. on sprint 1200 board; Switch 4 to on. turned IR comp 1/4 turn clockwise. called for spindle start, & it runs :delirious: But slow. so on s...

I have a VMC 1300 with a melted tachogenerator on the SEM motor. (MT30U4-36)
Is it an easy job to run it in AVF mode?
I am a bit disappointed the thing only lasted 2 years light duty before blowing up. The machine was new in 2009 but not used until i bought it 2013.

Is there a pdf file of the vmc 1300 maintenance manual , I did not get one with my second hand good as new machine, I want it to stay fresh for years!

Hello, This was in the VR window, start program, it runs up to M00 & pauses, red "program paused" message appears, I click on the green start button again, green button goes grey & red pause message dissapears but program is dead. I can run it by selecting "start from line " after the M00. I did not...

Did the M00 & M01 issue get resolved?
I am having trouble with it failing to continue, I click the green play button but it just halts.
This is in V5 5.53 running a vmc 1300.
Program has no tool changes.