They are called limit switches.
Has anyone added a way to emergency stop the job if the machine crashes and then touches the frame? It does not seem like it would be hard to do, maybe link it to the estop itself? I have , 2 times, had a communication error before switching to a newer computer, and it bit a part of my frame. Luckily not bad. But if I could add this, then it could reduce the chances of something terrible happening in a couple seconds if it happens again.
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They are called limit switches.
Gerry
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Yeah, I have limit switches. I've had ess errors before that make the Gantry move in an unpredictable way, and it doesn't broadcast the problem until it's happening. The e-stop still works, so I thought that if the bit hitting any part of the frame could trigger that same response, it would be more reliable than me running to hit the e-stop.
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Are you saying the limit switches aren't working?
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They are working fine. I had an issue with my ess with an older laptop that would send the cutter into the spoilboard and then keep moving. I have resolved the issue with a new computer.
When it buried the bit, it hit the frame of the machine. I was thinking that I could wire the frame so that if the bit ever did hit the frame, it would act as a limit switch and stop movement sooner than I could hit the e-stop.
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You could add a bottom Z limit switch to prevent it, but that can be problematic, depending on tool length.
You can use the Z inhibit feature in Mach3 to prevent the tool from going down to far, but that probably wouldn't have helped in this case.
Other than that, I don't know what else you can do, unless your entire machine was one big circuit, with the spindle isolated from the frame. But I think that approach would be problematic at best.
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Right before reading this, I must have woke up. I thought about it and realized that the frame is not isolated from the spindle. At least not all of the time. It isn't reliably isolated. It would definitely trigger at random times.
Thanks for the replies anyway. I haven't had this issue since the upgrade. But I'm paranoid whenever I'm using it since it did happen. I'll just stay paranoid until I know it's not going to happen.
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What about a limit switch that is connected to a relay that would kill power to the whole thing? A small mechanical limit switch could be mounted such that it would only be triggered when the motor was way low? This would be an external circuit to the machine I'm thinking. Something like a PowerSwitch Tail might work. Just thinking out loud here.
Tony