<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — z axis, maybe x&y messed up]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/4288/z-axis-maybe-xy-messed-up/ Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:08:25 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: z axis, maybe x&y messed up]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/39372/#p39372 The z-tab or z limit switch is the only thing that controls z height(in hardware) so when you hit 'home z' it has to activate that switch if it does not then something is interfering with it.

]]> Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:08:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/39372/#p39372 <![CDATA[Re: z axis, maybe x&y messed up]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/39358/#p39358 so I kinda "fixed" the problem,
last night I had taken while the machine was on and hooked to my computer; turned the motors off and wound the z axis down.
-this I guess resulted in the tolerance issue,
-so to fix I wound the z axis back up,
-problem is im back to printing just fine,
-but don't know if I compromised my build space of 8" in the z axis.

does anyone know ?

I thought it was weird that the z axis was limited in travel besides the z axis switch.

thoughts?

]]> Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:56:52 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/39358/#p39358 <![CDATA[z axis, maybe x&y messed up]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/39349/#p39349 if I hit the z home the z limit switch gets activated and the z axis goes home like it is suppose to.

but when I run a job it seems like the z will only go up so far and will not engage the limit switch.

anyone have any ideas how to reset my machine to zero so to speak?

*I have restarted the machine, my computer, uninstalled the software, reinstalled the software.
I have a Solidoodle 3

thankyou,
Ryan.

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