How Many Homing Switches Have You Broken?

[Julien]

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How to repeatably break the Z limit switch on an HDZ

So, I think I’ve caught it in the act, but I’ve probably still missed some things… After going through a couple of limit switches on the Z axis on my HDZ I figured it was probably user error or some odd combination of actions that caused an occasional overtravel which results in a broken Omron mechanical limit switch as they are not able to withstand the load of being pushed in hard enough to shear off the locating peg on the housing. Being the sort of person who thinks twice is unlikely to b…