Boxford VMC190 - Limit switches advice

[JohnHaine]

Why do you need to add them? Yes they are nice to have but not essential. Were they not fitted originally?

[swood1]

I'm worried about hitting the end stops again. I damaged a ball screw on the x slide which cost me.

There is a proximity switch on the z axis which works well. I'm using mach4, it maybe that I can do it in the software but I haven't worked it out yet.

Regards

Steve

[JohnHaine]

OK, good reason! If Mach 4 is like Mach 3 then it will have soft limits - look up in the manual. I'm surprised that the VMC wouldn't have limit switches originally, so are they actually fitted but not connected, or have they been removed? If the former then find them and use them, if the latter fit new ones, it should be obvious where they were fitted?