Fadal VMC General Operation

Hello everyone, welcome to At-Man Unlimited.

In this video we will cover some of the basic commands needed to operate a Fadal VMC. We will cover from power up to power down, inserting tools, setting tool offsets, fixture offsets, and how to manage programs.

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[jordangladden]

These videos are incredibly useful. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these.

[michaeljechon]

Haven't operated a FADAL in 3 years. My new job has these machines. This video is a lifesaver.

[vpcnc]

really enjoying your videos. Hope you get back to making videos again in the future. You definitely helped me with operating my Fadal :)

[wozzwinkl]

Very helpful video! I so wish I had this as a reference back when we bought our first Fadal about 5 years ago! We went from a Tormach running Mach3, and the learning curve was steep... We're now up to 3 machines (2x 4020s and a VMC15); you can't beat the value on these machines, especially if you are willing to do the work yourself. You're probably safer being in a garage- it's easy to end up with a small herd of them!

[dicaenus]

Thank you!
Great production quality, and exceptionally informative.

[marvtomson]

I love running these Fadal machines. They are very simple, easy to use, robust little machine. We got 2 of them in our shop. Compared to a Mori Seiki, you can have a FADAL up, Homed, Set and running within 10 min or less. Forgot to mention ours were the 5020A machines.

[tmackintl]

I used one of these machines once, but it was rebranded as a Bridge Port, and the console might have been different it seems like. It was a nice machine.

[dalen]

Haven't ran one of these in 20 yrs...my new job has 2 of them. I remember a function where you could execute the program by turning the hand wheel. You could even spin it backwards and the program would go in reverse! Does anyone remember how to get into this mode?
Any help is appreciated.

[carnut]

Very helpfull, just bought a really nice VMC15 trying to use fusion 360 buy I don't think fusion supports these anymore.

[Steve_Just_Steve]

Great job Tim.
And to the new Fadal owners, you are very lucky to have this info spoon fed like this. Some of these things may seem simple when its outlined this well, but if you've never done it and have no one to teach you then it takes many hours of reading the manuals and trial and error to wrap ones head around it. I strongly suggest if your getting something from these vids that you at least consider throwing a couple bucks in the hat to support the channel and before you know it we may have some tool and touch probe help too ; )

[joepie]

I use a plug in USB transfer system for my Fadal. Bullet proof. Drop by may channel and leave me a comment if you'd like more information.

[ColoradoCarrolls]

Hello
I have an option to get a FAdal CNC88 HS. Is it worth getting it shipped to my garage.
P.S...I know nothing about machining but I can learn

[speedsquaredgmailcom]

Can you please cover the button pushing for dnc mode? I have a vmc40 I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Thank you, Kyle

[Kirk-qkyv]

Don't know if you can help but is there a way to start in the middle of a program on a fadal 2040b with a 60mp control. Only way I can figure how to do it is starting at the line below the start position. But is there a way I can start it on any line? Thanks in advance

[thomasnassen]

Thanks for the info, Can you tell me how to do a mid program start from say T2, I have a VMC 15.
Thanks...Tom

[Rusafoniy]

good day, I am writing to you with the help of a translator because I do not know English, it so happened that I now have to work on fadal and I have a problem, I do not know how to move all the tools when I start processing a new part and I need to bind many tools to another surface , in this video you tell me how to do it, I have been interested since the 15:50 minute of this video, and I still can't do it, maybe you can tell me where I can see this information. Thank you

[allanholm]

thanks for super good films about Fadel. have you made a new channel after we don't see new movies about Fadal I miss them

[OscarRamirez-qxky]

hello thank you for all the fantastic imformation, just one question, can you told me is any special way to shut down the machine???

[justaguywhoplaysfalloutsom]

Im glad i bought a haas lol. This seems to be far more complicated, however i wish i could have gotten my haas for the price of a fadal.

[gertkristensen]

there are many usb to rs 232 that work fine if you turn off fiffobuffer in windows and set the delay to 50ms then it runs straight through without error, ,