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i have never had a problem getting back to work zero after a power out. you don't need to press setxyz after setting x y and z separately, the...
in my experience that is too short for calibration except on Z. use the longest ruler that will fit, and move the head along it the longest...
I would want to narrow down exactly where the noise is coming from and going to. First step is to disable homing and disconnect the switches....
different manufacturers = different color wires. for ANY stepper motor with 4 wires: turn the motor with your fingers, you will feel 'steps'...
what is your feedrate? GRBL has a minimum feedrate of about 50mm/minute. gnea/grbl
go to machine home, safely raise Z first G21 G90 G17 ; set default modes G53 G0 Z-1 ; raise Z G53 G0 X-1 Y-1 ; move X and Y to machine...
not all USB cables are good USB cables (-: also. make sure windows is not putting the USB port to sleep to save power OpenBuilds BlackBox 4X...
Some spindles are grounded which causes problems when connecting a Z probe. This is because the Z probe pin is normally at 5v and the sense...
David the swarfer submitted a new resource: Optoiolated Z probe - Solve the earthed spindle problem when probing Some spindles are grounded...
this is quite normal, Z=0 is where the switch tripped so it will trip again if you go there (if it is at all accurate). it is then required to...
surgery, or put the jumper on the other pin and use M8/M9 to turn on/off the relay, then modify the post to always output M8 with the M3 command...
@Peter Van Der Walt installed v0.228 on my control laptop, Xubuntu 16.04 would not run until I also did a "sudo apt update && apt upgrade" - my...
your motors are being overcome by the router bits sideways force as it cuts. either up the power to the motors or reduce your depth of cut
just get the full kit and build the new machine. there is always a use for a second machine in a workshop (-:
I use the .deb image on Xubuntu without problems except the icon is enormous sometimes after an upgrade. hmmm, cannot say now if it is 32 or 64...
cut a circle, look for out of round and/or steps where X or Y change direction. once you know which axis it is (could be both) figure out what is...
it should be happening already since GRBL resets when anything connects to it. this should bring it up in an alarm 'you have not homed' state.
I think backlash, cut some circles to check