I've been meaning to ask this. I'm coming from a belt-driven machine to my screw-driven Workbee. On a belt machine, a crash usually just causes the belt to skip & nothing really bad happens. What generally happens on a screw machine? The motor stalls but keeps trying until I stop it (kill switch, pause)? And not that I'd let it, but does being in a stall state for any extended length of time damage the motor? I have the high torque motors if that makes a difference. Anything in particular that's good to know?
Correct I don't think it will, but the excessive torque will probably end up damaging something else (twisting leadscrew, cracking leadnut, loosing couplers, vibrations, etc)
Also, never leave your machine unattended Don't catch on fire (: - also known as "what happens when you leave CNC unattended" [pics]
I did occasionally leave the old machine unattended. I won't with this one... maybe briefly to look out the back door & see if there are geese in my yard, which is now a thing since there's less traffic & they can reach my yard. I clip my wireless feed hold button onto my shirt, like Life Alert. Even when i'm in the room with the machine, I can hit it quicker than I can pause in CONTROL. & you just reminded me that I need a fire extinguisher...
