On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 18:58 -0400, Christopher Purcell wrote: > Having lately found the Run from line # feature in Axis to be so useful, I > now am > guilty of stopping a violin carving job on my 3 axis wood router, and > continuing the next day, or the one after that, etc... > Is there any risk to leaving steppers energized, but not not moving? > > The motors remain barely warm to the touch, as they are bolted to plenty of > heat sinking material. > I am thinking this is much safer than leaving the job to run unattended, > which for sure could burn the house down, if anything goes wrong. > > [email protected]
You could do a complete shut down, then touch-off on a known surface when you start the job up again. Or, have a home switch and lead screw flag on each axis to get an accurate home. As long as your workpiece doesn't move relative to the table, you should be okay, or am I off base here. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
