[Emc-users] Limit switches for my lathe

2020-10-26 Thread Alan Condit
Hi all, I am trying to wrap my head around limit switches for my Grizzly G4000 lathe that I have converted to CNC. The X limit switches are not a major problem. They always goes to the same spot. I have the X+ switch mounted. Figuring out where to mount the X- switch so it doesn’t interfere w

Re: [Emc-users] Limit switches for my lathe

2020-10-26 Thread Sam Sokolik
If it is a small enough lathe - I would just take the tail stock off to home.. (that is what I do on the emco) Have a cam style follower. So it home somewhere halfway down the travel. (so most of the time the tailstock is out of the way. (if it is past the trip point - it will home the other d

Re: [Emc-users] Limit switches for my lathe

2020-10-26 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 15:29, Alan Condit wrote: > I am having trouble figuring out the placement of the Z limit switch or > switches I was troubled by the same issue, and did some bodgery to make the resolvers return an absolute position, so that now I can home without moving. This might be

Re: [Emc-users] Limit switches for my lathe

2020-10-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 26 October 2020 11:27:20 Alan Condit wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to wrap my head around limit switches for my Grizzly G4000 > lathe that I have converted to CNC. > > The X limit switches are not a major problem. They always goes to the > same spot. I have the X+ switch mounted. Figu