Sorry for this question, as Im sure I just not seeing it in my searching. But, I know syntheos jumps up and down, swearing there is no “e-stop”. I get that, but seriously…
Where is it?
I found in the homing section a quick (nearly last sentence) reference to the Amin and Amax “This position can be used for a machine kill”. So, do I put the switch in between the ground and either Max/min or between max and min?
Thanks,
Corey
**Edit
I retract this question. It kind of just came to me. With the Estop switch, it is acting as a “limiting switch”. When you “Estop” it trips the TinyG thinking it hit a limit.
NOW i get it! Just waiting from the smoke to clear so I can make more progress!
I have a new question:
I put a limit switch on the bottom end of the Z. When I did a trial run, and pushed it into the bottom end limit, the TinyG went into its fault mode. I couldn’t back the z out (raise it). I had to physically turn the NEMA to raise it off the switch.
How do I move the axis when its faulted?
Corey
I don’t think you can. You have to send a reset to the board and then re-home.
@Corey_Perez I did this a hundred times figuring out + and -. If you reset hit the desired direction. It will move then trip again once when the switch breaks contact. Hit reset again hit direction again and all will be good.
I have had so many issues this evening, but for one, didn’t just walk away. I had an issue on my Ymin that it was tripping the machine on every homing process. Come to find out, I think the switch “latch” was finally bent too much, it would compress and bow (opening the switch) and faulting the TinyG. One little bend of the latch, and its been working great.
I have had 2 failed cuts. It failed at nearly the same location each time. I’ve made a few changes, mostly speeding up and more aggressive depths, but it was tripping my Circuit Breaker in the house. That was 3 more failed cuts. Finally backed it off 1000mm/min back to 800mm and reduced from .5 to .25. Basically back at my original settings.
I also tried to reduce the step-over, I’m getting thin strips of metal tearing off and going into the vac. I’m afraid I will end up with a huge mess in the vac system before this project is over.
Right now I’d dealing with significant “chatter” on the YMax movements with a single flute upcut. I physically have to arrest the vibrations with holding pressure on the XBeam. I’ve messed with feed rates, and spindle speeds. Its worse at lower spindle speeds. No real difference with Feed speed.
Aside from that, thanks for following up @Edward_Bigham . I had to physically move the Z, and that had been my solution. Seems there was a “better” way. Just takes a few reset cycles of the TG.
Thanks again!
Corey
@Corey_Perez I did that also but I got tired of squaring up my Y.
I have had nothing but success today. Only thing bad was I ran one program and it didn’t cut. Just floated above cutting air. Lol
@Edward_Bigham I finally had a successful cut, but somehow I messed up a setting in Vectric. It didn’t exactly cut the way I wanted it too. It didn’t go deep enough essentially. So, although I had a good cut, it was wrong! haha, sometimes I just can’t win.
I’m learning lots with steady and dedicated work on the R7 and the processes.
I try to triple check everything and sometimes that isn’t enough. I am also learning plenty. This tool is going to be my fulltime job. So I must get proficient at it. My health has hindered my ability to get gainful employment. So I will be starting my own business. It is fun to work with it.
@Edward_Bigham , I too am in your same situation. I expect I will still be able to work, but no where near the capacity I was.
I hope to use this to supplement my income, pay for a garage extension and really form this into a full-time business!