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trouble homing my machine

Posted: Wed 07 Oct , 2015 17:54 pm
by jmeide
I am having trouble homing my Z axis. When starting mymachine normally and pressing the xyz home button the z axzis seems locked but the screen shows the z axis digitally cycling.
I've vaced out the micro switch well. I've tried manually turning the threaded axis rod and noted it is VERY difficult to rotate by hand. Any ideas?

Re: trouble homing my machine

Posted: Thu 08 Oct , 2015 16:06 pm
by Martin
Is the motor trying to turn at this point?

Can you home the X & Z axis?

Re: trouble homing my machine

Posted: Tue 27 Oct , 2015 15:16 pm
by jmeide
Hi Martin, seems x and y home normally. Trying to hand turn the z threaded drive is nearly impossible. X and Y threaded drives turn easily by hand when the machine is off. When the digital read out indicated that z is homing there is no indication that the motor is trying to turn- no binding sound or other.
Have you experienced this before?

Re: trouble homing my machine

Posted: Wed 28 Oct , 2015 16:46 pm
by jmeide
For an unexplainable reason the z-axis began operating normally again.