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Thanks Gary!

The loose wire seems to have been the problem. Everything working perfectly now.

Thanks again for all of the help.

Regards,
Mike

Think I may have found the problem. There was a loose wire one of the X axis motor driver terminal strips.

Will check the rest of them and put everything back together.

Thanks Keith for the photo request. I haven’t opened up the electronics enclosure before. Original owner showed me photos of it ...

The spindle encoder error is probably due to the back-up battery going dead in the Willtec tachometer display. I replaced the battery in the Willtec tachometer back in January, but couldn’t figure out the instructions or data sheets, as my copy was in German.

I emailed Willtec and they sent me a ...

Hello Keith,

Photos of the machine are in this album: https://share.icloud.com/photos/024FTPS ... 7zsWxCfaQw

Stepper motor drivers are Gekko G-214.

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Please let me know if you need more information.

Thanks again,
Mike

Hello,

This morning I started the machine, Acorn and CNC12. I could jog all three axes. Homed the machine. The Z and Y axes moved to their home positions. This time, the X axis did not move. In the past, I was able to home the machine one time and then the X axis would not move. Shut everything ...

Thanks Tom!

Is it possible to mark this thread “Unresolved”?

Thanks.

Regards,
Mike

Hello,

Removed the values from the Limits in the Motor Parameter Table.

Was able to home the machine and jog all axes immediately afterward. Wait 15 minutes and the x-axis won't jog.

No change.

Updated report attached.

Regards,
Mike

CNC Maryland,

I misunderstood what you were referring to. I think I found the Motor Parameters that you were talking about. I have attached a screenshot. If I have the correct page, you believe that I should change the Limit Switch Values to Zero here?

Regards,
Mike