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Need help with a Unique 2700 CNC door machine

12/12/21       
Tipper Member

So I recently purchased a used Unique 2700 CNC door machine from sometime between 1997 and 2004. I am not sure off hand the year it was manufactured. The hardware side of the entire machine is in mint condition and needs no improvement or renovation. However, the software is I believe Windows 98 or Windows XP. I haven’t gotten too deep into playing with it yet, but the software is very glitchy and doesn’t seem to work that well. According to Unique they no longer support this machine and haven’t from quite some time. They have no up dated software or controllers for my machine,

With that being said, do you guys have any suggestions on how to make this machine operate back to its full potential? I would like to be able to use it for cope and stick door making. Maybe raising panels ect. I do know some software guys. I have a buddy that is sort of a hacker/code writer as he has several apps available on IOS and Android. He might be able to write some new software for it,

I wonder how difficult it would be for someone familiar with software coding and programming to come up with a new software that would run a Unique 2700? I have heard from Unique that they get a lot of calls about the software on the 2700. Maybe if my buddy and I can come up with a decent software program and somehow figure out a way to integrate a new computer to control everything, there might be a number of 2700 owners who would like to use it. What do you guys think?

12/12/21       #2: Need help with a Unique 2700 CNC do ...
BH Davis  Member

Website: http://www.bhdavis.net

When I got my retirement shop 2000's era Precix router some years back the first thing I found was the control software was pathetic. My immediate reaction was to get rid of it and convert to something better. But the software did run, and other areas of the machine needed more important upgrading. So I decided to live with the control software until the other things got updated.

Fast forward about 3 years and it was finally time to deal with the control. What happened in the interim was that I found I was able to do what I wanted with that original awful control software. My new control and software (UCCNC) are really nice and of course more reliable than the original stuff, but the original stuff managed to do the job.

My point on all this is that if the Windows 98 control software works then stick with it for now. Learn the machine. Learn what you want out of a control that the original one doesn't provide. Then when you know your setup inside and out you'll be in a much better position to try and make changes.

BH Davis

12/12/21       #3: Need help with a Unique 2700 CNC do ...
RichC

I don't that machine at all, but do know early Unique machines were completely manual. Is there a way to dumb it down and still use the machine with manual settings?

12/18/21       #4: Need help with a Unique 2700 CNC do ...
Will

I have that machine. The software is not bad.

A few things to note. I believe that machine has Allen Bradley controls. They are no longer supported and not generally available. So if something breaks you have to find it used which is becoming increasingly hard. Unique will update the controls for you for 100K +/-, how nice of them.

The hard drive gets corrupted over time. We have had issues several times.
Backup the software now. The backup contains all the foundational information not only on the tools that were in the machine but the machines set points and things like that.

What is the serial number? Is it Allen Bradley controls.
Check all the linear bearings, there are lots of them. Some are hard to get to and if they were not greased religiously they get sloppy or fail. Not impossible to replace buy a bit of expense and work.

That machine is 200K or more to replace. Jenkins makes a version of it .
That is not a fast production machine. It is good for fast redo's in a large shop. It is good for arched rails and panels. It would be fine but slowish for a small shop making doors.

Good luck!

12/19/21       #5: Need help with a Unique 2700 CNC do ...
Tipper Member

Hey Will thanks for the info. I woke check to see if it has Alan Bradley controls. Right now the bearings are great but the software is too glitchy to use. I really don’t know what to do as it seems to stick anytime I get into a program.


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