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Dust in the z motor encoder.

That was the same bearing that froze on my machine. I was well taken care of by the CW people for that one.
Had a little bit of a scare on that the other day, but it just turned out to be the...

While cleaning my CW after a carve, I always check the z bearings for rotation as I'm sure most of you do. Sometimes it is not so easy to tell if the bearings are rotating for the full length of...

Why is everybody beating around the bush? You got a bad probe. It is very common. I rebuilt my probe the second time I used it. Bad solder joints, flimsey wire re-enforcement. Thats just the way they...

How did you get the squirrel to sit still for the scanning probe?:)

I would make an impression in some plumbers epoxy, let it harden, scan the hardened putty, then flop the image. Then you will always have a master.:wink:
This will work for small items.
You could...

Not too sure about "sticky" contacts. Just by touching the probe wire and re-orienting it might have temporarally solved your problem. Bad solder joint has been the cause of a few problems I have...

I have not tried a 3d carving yet, just got the machine on Friday. I had all kinds of problems with the probe wire. I am not sure what the differences in resolution are but I can see that when the...

Thanks guys, I got it all straightened out (pun intended).
Electrical short in the probe wire. I ran a sensor test while holding the probe in my hand and it failed. I wont tell you what I did next,...

I'm sorry this is my first thread and it has to be a problem.
My probe is stabbing my work!:mad:
At one point the tip actually curled.
Has anybody else had this problem ?
any solutions?
Thanks.

Same problem. It was fairly easy to see the problem was with where the wire connects to the probe housing.
I thought about fixing it but am worried about warranty issues.
I am waiting for Omar the...