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So you fellow Tormachers are very aware...I bought a used 440. Been very happy but one thing that I have noticed. If you jog an axis too fast, you can pass the soft limit and hit the hard stop. This is a huge problem on the X as I have a fixture plate which makes it a PIA to get the limit switch cover off. Anyway, today I thought I'd remove the fixture plate and remove about a pound of metal shavings out of T-slots and fixture plates holes. I stoned the table and cleaned it up. I thought I'd try and figure out the X axis issue. That is, if you jog the table all the way right (not screaming fast) the limit switch will soft stop. If you jog table all the way left, even creeping speed, the limit switch will hard stop. I prepared and had a new switch (though the left/right uses the same switch...uh-oh) I replaced it, no difference. I swapped the 2 wires on it...no difference.
Why would one direction on the SAME SWITCH/SAME AXIS soft stop and back off a tiny bit automatically, but the other direction stops and locks up (have to remove sensor block to get a reset)
I put a call into Tormach, guessing it will be awhile. In the mean time I thought I trace the wire back to the driver and make sure the wire has continuity. Other than that....I'm stumped.
Why would one direction on the SAME SWITCH/SAME AXIS soft stop and back off a tiny bit automatically, but the other direction stops and locks up (have to remove sensor block to get a reset)
I put a call into Tormach, guessing it will be awhile. In the mean time I thought I trace the wire back to the driver and make sure the wire has continuity. Other than that....I'm stumped.