Machine stops carving

[Allan43 (Allan)]

I just got my Shapeoko 5 pro and getting used to Carbide motion. I programmed a job and twice, the Shapeoko just stops engraving with Spindle running. What causes this?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

EMI or the USB cable vibrating loose are the usual suspects.

If you check in with support we will have you run an air job and work through a 10-step plan.

See:

https://carbide3d.com/blog/dust-collection-disconnects/

Grounding your Shapeoko

Why would you want to ground your Shapeoko? This isn’t something everybody should do, but if you have either of the following issues, you should consider it; Dust & chip accumulation (on rails and V wheels causing movement problems) Random disconnects (when cutting plastics or when extraction is on) There’s nothing ‘wrong’ with the way the Shapeoko is delivered and there’s no safety issue WRT grounding on the machines (if you add a VFD spindle that must be properly grounded but that’s not for…

for reference.

[Allan43 (Allan)]

I’m carving acrylic with no dust collection. So thats not an issue. I have air assist to clear the work area. Again yesterday, I had a 20 mins project and had to restart at the begining and at the end ,I had one number left to do and it stopped. So having to re-run 20 min projects three times is not time efficient.

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Let the folks at support know what you have tried and the specifics of your setup and we will look into it with you.