Carbide Motion loosing connectivity

[jrobe (Jim Roberts)]

I had to go to this extreme on my machine before I solved the disconnect problem.

My journey with grounding and disconnects

I have had a Shapeoko PRO for about 9 months. I have struggled with frequent “disconnects” where the machine just freezes instantly in the middle of a project and gives error messages like “Cutter Not Responding.” I can always restart the machine, reinitialize it successfully, jog back to my original tool path zero point and continue the project. I have learned the hard way to accurately mark my zero point so I can restart projects as accurately as possible. It has not uncommon to have to re…