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  1. Re: MACH3 hitting soft limits causes X axis to stall

    UHHH ? if I turn off the soft limit home switch and move the machine to home it will hit the frame I have no hardware limits.
    or am I not understanding (very likely lol)

    Thanks
  2. Re: MACH3 hitting soft limits causes X axis to stall

    OK back all with videos.

    So as you can see if I move the Z or Y axis and either one reaches home first then X will stall if its still moving.
    If I move Z and Y and either one reaches its hme...
  3. Re: MACH3 hitting soft limits causes X axis to stall

    Its not hitting the machine frame honestly the X axis could be in the centre moving towards the home position and if the Z or Y axis reaches home first the X axis will stall its very odd.
    As said...
  4. Re: MACH3 hitting soft limits causes X axis to stall

    No sorry I never swapped the motors I meant thats the next plan and cabling.
    I have only swapped controllers at the moment.

    For now I am having to leave it as I need the machine its running fine...
  5. Re: MACH3 hitting soft limits causes X axis to stall

    Hi thank you for your reply.
    I did swap the drivers over though I have not yet swapped the cabling going to the motor yet thats a bit more involved lol.

    Its the noise the motors make when one of...
  6. Re: MACH3 hitting soft limits causes X axis to stall

    Sooo
    I have lowered the speed of the motors in Mach3 from 60 to 50 (it rounded it down to 49.??? for some reason) and does not do it now but I think this is just masking the real issue?.

    I did...
  7. Re: MACH3 hitting soft limits causes X axis to stall

    Sorry added pictures :)
  8. MACH3 hitting soft limits causes X axis to stall

    Hi all thanks for having me here I shall post some pics of my machine a bit later on but for now was hoping some one might know whats going on.
    I have a CNC machine I built many years ago it has...
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