Found my Z axis problem!

[JuicyCarp]

Hey guys, after speaking with tech support, I beleive I have isolated the z axis error problem, and I wanted to share it. I will find out monday, but I think LHR is going to replace the motor for me. I am a CW fan again!

This is a shot of the back of the Z motor with the plastic cover removed. You can see the encoder disc has seperated from the black plastic ring, which I assume conntects the disc to the pin. Moving the cutting head up and down, the pin in the center spins, but the encoder disc doesnt.



Here is a closer shot.




From the top you can see that the encoder disc is no longer floating between the two connectors, but actually sitting on one of them!




I hope this helps someone in the future! If anyone knows what would have caused this, please let me know. I have 180 carving hours on my machine, and almost all of it has been pine.

Kevin

[Digitalwoodshop]

This was a problem a few years ago but we have not seen it in a while... The Fix back then was a drop of super glue.

Good Job finding it....

AL