Strange noise and nasty vibration

[Randy Bogardus]

Good suggestion....I ran across that idea last night here on the forum, as well. Forgot about it this morning so thanks.

[jerry_stanek]

Have you dropped the steppers and run them to see if both X run.

[Randy Bogardus]

Jerry, yes, I've had both steppers out several times and they both run smoothly.

[Randy Bogardus]

Thanks Steve, yes I'll phone them tomorrow. I have been emailing with them all day and last evening with no solution. It was suggested here that I should run a speed/comm test. I've gone to c:\program files\shopbot\diagnostics but can't find the speed/comm test. Thanks for bearing with this newbie! :-)

Randy

[Randy Bogardus]

Pretty awful....I actually got part way through a few passes of spoil board surfacing and it was cutting smoothly at 6"ps. I stopped it because it was cutting too deep, tried to restart and it just about jumped off the rails. I'm pretty disheartened at this point. Not sure how to run the speed test, machine moved fined for a week and a half at pretty much any jog speed, now it won't do anything smoothly, sometimes. I know it's me, but Shotbot doesn't seem to have a solution and I don't either.;

Randy

[gc3]

reload control software and firmware

dbl ck all cable connections

ck for grounding issues

[Randy Bogardus]

thanks, Gene, I'll try that...........

[gc3]

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/tag...tag=speed+test

2nd post.....

[Randy Bogardus]

Thanks again Gene. I had done a search for that but never found it. I appreciate you going to the trouble to dig it out.

Randy

[gc3]

search box sb home pg not forum search

same as other forums....