[wes]

Mariss et al,

I had no intention of badmouthing the Gecko. I was merely pointing out what I had read on another forum. Those were they guys badmouthing the Gecko drive, not me. Here's the link http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/mes...312/25998.html Read the second one down. NOTE: these are not my words.

Without Gecko, I would be cutting wood by hand today or using a stepper of unknown origin.

I did put on the resistors on both x axis drives. I daisy chained a 220k and a 47k between jumpers 11 and 12 on each drive. I am betting that this fix will work since it throttles the amperage back to 6 amps thereby never (hopefully) getting to the point where it reaches the 8 amp failsafe and starts to freewheel.

It may be that these motors are just too big for the steppers to handle. If that is the case then I may just buy smaller motors since I really don't need a combined cutting force of 600lbs on my x. I could probably get by with half of the cutting force.

The reason that Gecko didn't hear from me for 6 months was because I was using a friends spare gecko during that time. It never faulted during those 6 months.

[wes]

Since I put the 270K resistors on my two x drives I haven't had a problem. I haven't run the machine for more than about 20 minutes at a time yet but all looks good so far. I am going to run some longer jobs when I get a chance. I am hopeful. This may be the fix.

regards
wes

[chester1957]

Wes, thanks for the link, it makes me feel warm and fuzzy to know I am dealing with a very customer oriented company. (Gecko)

[Ch_Irawan]

If there is a misunderstanding then a warm handshake and / or a truthful apology will solve it, that is what I believe.

-ichan