Re: new mill

Fred,

Thanks for the note. Do you by any chance know who to contact to
obtain a set of manuals for the beast? I'm fairly dead in the water
until then.

Dennis

On 7/20/06, Fred Smith <imserv@...> wrote:
>
> The AB-8400 is an excellent controller. We have one on a bedmill w/
> 24 tool changer here that is run day in and day out. You may have a
> bit of a learning curve to use it, but the controller, as old as it
> is, still surpasses any of the hobby class controllers. My
> measurements are reliablility, throughput, diagnostics, and program
> checkout capabilities.
>
> We program it with Vector Cad-Cam, communicating via the rs-232 serial
> port, and it is a very productive machine.
>
> Fred Smith - IMService
> http://www.cadcamcadcam.com/hobby