[sudo-discuss] laser cutter limit switch broken

[Morgan Allen]

Unless this is recent, it's been that way for a while. Could be what's
causing rastering to work though but I cut last week without issue.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> i think it will allow you to jog left even if the switch is pressed.  i
> know it's dumb but i think it only looks at the switch when it is homing
> itself.  I could be wrong.
>
> if not i can certainly bring a replacement but i'll have to see the old
> one first.  or check those plastic 3d printers from 3dsystems that are
> kicking around.
>
> -jake
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Feb 2016, hol at gaskill.com wrote:
>
>
>> Hey Adam,
>> I was about to cut a stencil on the laser when I noticed the cut head wa
>> s bumping up against the left side and stalling the motor.  I looked and
>>  sure enough the steel leaf of the switch was twisted downward.  I was a
>> ble to jog the head left while holding the limit switch down so I assume
>>  the unit needs to be replaced.  Do you know if there are any spares at
>> sudo?  I have some from open source hardware that look similar but didn'
>> t want to attempt taking off the rail to get at it and making it worse.
>> Cheers,
>> Hol
>>
>>
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