Top speed failing after a bit

[blackburn mark]

Hi Robin, i had a bit of trauma a couple of days ago, one of my X axis motors started losing stepps.... lots of them... i hate making scrap

took me a while to suss that it was heat realated, i turned the fan up to full on the driver heat sink (5 axis all in one job)

i was really starting to trust this machine im a tad twitchy now ... its been ok now for a couple of days..... fingers crossed

[Robin Hewitt]

im a tad twitchy now

That's it in a nutshell :naughty:

Something goes wrong, you think you know what it is, you apply a patch, possibly unnecessarily, and then live with it for ever more.

It's a tiny step between "a tad twitchy" and "raging paranoia" :rofl:

[blackburn mark]

It's a tiny step between "a tad twitchy" and "raging paranoia" :rofl:

mmm... now then.... iv got spare couplers a spare 5 axis driver board a spare stepper and five spindles, i should just build a spare machine

my machine is starting to pay its keep now so its my best mate, its become a bit of an obsession ... i used to be a slob and proud of it i could sit under a tree all day and ponder the magnitude of existance.... cant do it any more! i can sit under a tree but now i ponder tool paths and design solutions and want to go home and start cutting.

if my machine died now .... id need drugs!!!!...... lots of drugs!!!!!

i might just buy a couple more steppers and a slack handful of couplers LOL