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  • Bluetooth Keypad gives wrong output
  • Bluetooth keypad not responding
  • Breaking end mills
  • Cables are too short to be plugged
  • Emergency stop stays ON - Machine can't move
  • Homing Procedure Problem - Machine Get Stucked (Evo)
  • How to import a profile of settings into PlanetCNC
  • How to Reinstall PlanetCNC on a Raspberry Pi 4B
  • How to split a milling job in two without loosing coordinates
  • Machine not powering on - Raspberry Pi Black Screen
  • One axis moves in the wrong direction
  • Poor milling precision - Results out of tolerance
  • Spoiler Board facing is not flat (Saw-teeth effect)
  • Tool change procedure on a Mekanika CNC
  • Y axis not working - Machine stopped moving on Y axes
  • Y-Motor touching the spoiler board (Evo)
  • Z axis can't move upwards - Spindle only goes down
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Y-Motor touching the spoiler board (Evo)

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▶  Description of the problem

At the end of the assembly, you are fixing your spoilerboard to the frame and you notice the Y motors (or the spacers) touch the MDF boards. 

When EVO it travelling along the Y axis, that contact prevents the motors from moving freely and can sometimes even block them completely. 

▶  Origin

When mounting the gantry to the structure, the feet may have moved and not be square to the frame anymore making the motors placement too high.

▶  Solution

Simply loosen the feet, set them lower and square to the frame and retighten all the screws.

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