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Stepcraft 600 wanders off while miling
Hey guys
I write to you because I really don't thrust my 600 at all and will never leave it unattended.
I have seen more than once that it just wanders off while working(milling off path) and when I try to restart it and begin all over again it just does the same but not necessarily at the same spot. I have begun only to mill in a depth of 1mm, because I noticed that cutting to deep will stress the motors.
I using VcarvePro and WinPC-NC USB and a Kress1050, could anyone pls point me in the right direction, because this is getting really annoying and waste og good materials like mahony, IPE and Teaktree.
Thanks up front, best regard Jan Sig
![ZenziWerken ZenziWerken](http://stepcraft-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/avatars/speedo_27927.jpg)
There have been cases were an electrical grounding did solve these problems. Sorry for the German articel but maybe you can see what I mean by watching the images:
https://www.stepcraft-systems.com/forum/betrieb/1447-usb-konflikt2?start=60#16350
https://www.stepcraft-systems.com/forum/betrieb/1447-usb-konflikt2?start=80#17756
Daniel
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![Thomas Pehmöller Thomas Pehmöller](http://stepcraft-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/avatars/Turtleman_28916.jpg)
Sounds a little bit like electronic problems like electrostatic. Please ground all metal parts of your machine, means all moving parts (y,z - axis), working space and of course the housing of your electronic. Also possible are step loss. Does it happen only in one direction or are all directions are influenced?
Try milling in the air and compare start and stop point. Try to slow down the speed also.
I had an issue where the 'umbilical' wiring to the steppers on the gantry would get caught around the end of the machine and cause the Y / X axis to stall meaning many pieces were ruined..
I overcame this with a bungie cord keeping the umbilical out of the way.
Hey Speedo, Turtleman and Chillimonster many thanks for your comments, I just started grounding all axies and really hope it does the trick 🙂 .
What feed and plunge speed do you guys normaly use for eks. Polycarbonate or hardwood?
Best regards Jan Sig
After making a complete grounding it still wandered of at my first job this morning :angry:
I remembered the % of job complete wish were at 24% and then I went back to refencepoint and began the job from 22% and with no problems arghhh.
Anyone tryed this?
Turtleman, i'll try setting down the feed speed.
Best regards Jan Sig
![Javier Valencia Rodriguez Javier Valencia Rodriguez](http://stepcraft-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/avatars/jvalencia_29638.jpg)
Jan, could you post a video of the issue? Let us see what's going on.
Stepcraft 2 840
Kress 800 FME
UCCNC + UC100
V-Carve + QCad
Would like to see some information about cutting data (mill bit diameter, rpm, feed etc). have you tried cutting with a slower feed?
Stepcraft 600SF (version 1) parallel port
Proxxon IBS/E
Mach3
devCad Cam Pro; devWing Cam; devFus Cam; Profili Pro 2
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