Proximity Switches

[JAZZCNC]

limits switches are for girls!!! the 'limit' is where the ballnut slams into the bearing housing

. . . .Ah ah obviously not bent a ballscrew yet Matt or ripped the teeth of a timing Belt..

Crafty Just buy some cheap-ish micro switches for limits and wire in series. Also arrange them so they get triggered by running over the switch and not into it. Same goes for Home/Proximity switches.

Also If you want to keep wiring and number of switches down then just have 1 limit switch per axis that travels with that Axis and gets tripped by some fixed but adjustable brackets at each end.

[CraftyGeek]

Crafty Just buy some cheap-ish micro switches for limits and wire in series. Also arrange them so they get triggered by running over the switch and not into it. Same goes for Home/Proximity switches.

That's pretty much what I did on my last crappy MDF machine...although the micro switches were a smidge too cheap
They've been retired...i'll be getting some new ones when the time comes.