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Thread: Z axis broke?

  1. #16
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    Dec 2017
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    So I found the connection where the z touch puck goes into the machine was very loose. I tightened that and now my z axis goes up and down much better( still sounds a bit weird) but it does not home it self, it goes to home in the x and y axis but the z continues to go up, then down, then up...like its lost or something? Do I need to "reboot" it or something? I put in a call to technical support on Thursday, didn't hear back from them, got an email saying they were busy and that they would get in touch with me I Friday..nothing. Hopefully they get with me on Monday.

  2. #17
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    Jul 2014
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    Something's still wrong with your connection or cable. Check the contacts in the cable, if the connector was loose it might have arced the contacts a bunch and damaged them. Going randomly up/down/chicken dancing is how my router's Z axis behaved when the cable was damaged.

  3. #18
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    Dec 2017
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    Been on the phone the last two days with tech support. Ruled out any bad drivers, all wires seem to be tight and good connections. They are sending me a new motor to try. He said he wasn't sure that would fix it but he was stumped especially with the z axis intermittently going up and down erratically, but I guess this will rule out wether or not it's a bad motor or not..

  4. #19
    Scott, did you get the problem solved. Just curious.

  5. #20
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    Dec 2017
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    Yes, just figured it out this weekend! Mark Canada nailed it on the head, my cable to the control box must have been damaged. I bypassed it with new wire straight to the box and it worked perfect. I need to go get a new cable and reroute it now and all should be good, a project I'll get to in the next few days. I'll pull the old cable out and see if there is any visible damage. I still think it's odd that the cable would go bad, but I guess "stuff" happens. Thanks everyone for all your help!

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