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David the swarfer replied to the thread Issues probing (3rd party machine and 3rd party controller).

if you are using OpenBuidlsCONTROL then you should be using the troubleshooting tab to check that the probe works correctly *before*...

David the swarfer liked Peter Van Der Walt's post in the thread Lead 1010 How to find z-axis maximum travel.

Home it. Zero Z at switch, jog down as far as it goes. Read travel on the DRO. Or even better. Set Soft Limits to Disabled. Not a...

David the swarfer replied to the thread Mill expansion components.

maybe this will help, drawing for CAM is not always complicated, but it does depend on what software you are using. [MEDIA] now you...

David the swarfer liked Peter Van Der Walt's post in the thread Mill expansion components.

No need to replace motors, just ID the coil pairs as shown in docs:blackbox-x32:faq-identify-motor-coils [OpenBuilds Documentation]

Giarc replied to the thread Vectric aspire rotary post processor mm.

Is it a 3 axis controller where one is utilized as the rotary axis when in that mode? If so and the controller is GRBL based, the n the...

Gary Caruso replied to the thread extended machine problems.

Hi Dwight, If it's not moving evenly you are loosing steps somewhere, you need to troubleshoot either friction, binding or loose pulley...

David the swarfer attached a file to the thread open builds control.

when you are editing a message here in the forum, at bottom right of the edit window are 3 buttons, use the 'Upload file' button to...

David the swarfer liked Peter Van Der Walt's post in the thread B.

Other than probing machine working fine? Did you go through the GrblHAL settings and set it all up? Movement distance (steps per mm)...

David the swarfer replied to the thread open builds control.

please upload your Gcode file for us to analyse

David the swarfer replied to the thread B.

always home first, then I would jog to near where the material zero will be and use the setZero buttons to set the zeros there. After...

Damien Seed posted a new thread.

Glamping pod frame files wanted

Hi, Would anyone have for sale, or know where I could buy frame plans for a glamping pod? I've only seen one guy on etsy selling plans,...

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David the swarfer replied to the thread Running into Z endstop issue at start of the job.

yeah, Fusion360 has a million settings and many of them are defaulted or calculated from other settings, up to you to check that things...

David the swarfer liked Nephsol's post in the thread Running into Z endstop issue at start of the job.

Ok i found the problem. After some trail and error i found the retraction hight in Fusion360 to be to much.

Gary Caruso liked Nephsol's post in the thread Running into Z endstop issue at start of the job.

Ok i found the problem. After some trail and error i found the retraction hight in Fusion360 to be to much.

Mark Carew liked hbtousa's post in the thread Six_Axis Camera Slider.

hbtousa published a new build: Read more about this build...