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12 May 2022 21:31 #62345 by Strape
Newbie here. Can't home my machine. was created by Strape
Hello,
I have problem homing my machine. I am totally new to the CNC stuff.
Here is video:
youtube.com/shorts/ujMU0ZzPI8k

When I press "home all" the Z axis starts moving up, reach top and starts moving down. It makes weird noise while moving down and stops after few seconds. Then I must reset the whole machine with the big red button to be able to control it again.
I searched a little on internet and tried setting the soft-limits to 1000000, but it made no difference.

Do you have any idea what is the problem? I bought the kit, putting it together myself, so it might be even problem in assembly. I took the Z axis apart, but saw nothing obvious. I know I had problems in the assembly with the thin sheet metal flaps activating limit switches, but I think they should work fine now.

Do you have any advice, please?

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26 Nov 2022 10:29 #62736 by [email protected]
Hello, Strape. I am newbie, as well. As well I encounted same problem as you. How did you manage to fix this problem?
May be you now know some useful resource for newbie CNC regards?
Denis

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09 May 2023 11:44 #63121 by [email protected]
There are two fix you can try.
1. Start the home sequence and push the lower z limit. If it then moves in x, you must adjust the metal lever on the micro switch, so that it engages earlier.
2. When mounting the z axis, it is possible to squeeze the cables, so you get a grounding problem. Remount the z axis, and look for squeezes cables.

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13 May 2023 10:56 #63130 by tonitsh
Replied by tonitsh on topic Newbie here. Can't home my machine.
Same problem here for me. but when i home, my x axes tries to go out of the frame.

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10 Oct 2023 23:52 #63369 by Maj
Replied by Maj on topic Newbie here. Can't home my machine.
Hi
I have the same homing issue that you posted, may I please know how did you fix it
Cheers
Maj

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16 Oct 2023 09:11 #63376 by m_gabell
Replied by m_gabell on topic Newbie here. Can't home my machine.

Maj wrote: Hi
I have the same homing issue that you posted, may I please know how did you fix it
Cheers
Maj


A problem I had when doing some of this was that the soft-limits were set and it might be that. Its perhaps not the full story but
it might be something to check. Just remove soft limits while you try out.

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