[sudo-discuss] laser cutter limit switch broken

[Adam]

if you start the raster scan mode too far to the left, the head will
overshoot the image and slam into the wall.

really stupid but that's just the way it is

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On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Morgan Allen <morganrallen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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