Troubleshooting (Haas ST-15Y)
Program/CAM Problems
When I start drilling a hole with a static drill the live tooling motor turns on and the main spindle doesn't turn.
You have the "Live Tool" checkbox selected in the Post Processor tab of the tool you are trying to drill with. Uncheck this box to use the main spindle to drill with. Usually this happens if you are copying a drill bit from the mill tool library to use it on the lathe.
Drilling with one of the live tool spindles is usually a waste of time because the main spindle is much more powerful. Only use the live tool spindle if you need to drill off-axis.
"4.186 S (SPINDLE) SPINDLE NOT TURNING" alarm when trying to drill with the live tool
On this machine live tool drilling does not work with feed-per-revolution feed mode (G99) and must be used in feedrate per minute (G98) mode. To fix this, uncheck the "Use Feed per Revolution" box in the drilling toolpath's Feed & Speed section.
Workholding Problems
The program won't start because it says the spindle is unclamped, but it definitely is.
The workholding may have recently been changed. Check the value of Setting 282.
When you are using the collet chuck Setting 282 must be set to "OD". When you are using the hydraulic 3-jaw chuck it should be set to "ID".