I have the HDZ installed on my SO3 XXL with the 65mm VFD spindle. When I jog it over to the left side of the x-axis (X-) it seems like it is stopping short.
Picture provided for clarification.
Is this normal or should it go all the way over to the Y1 rail?
Kind Regards,
Bryan M.
Check your axis length in your machine configuration.
Back in the day there was a setting to restrict x travel. This was used for independent z dust boots. With brackets on the sides of the z carriage.
If I recall correctly the HDZ is slightly narrower than a Z-Plus, if that’s what you had on the machine before the swap. You can make up that distance with a simple edit of the shapeoko.json file located in your CarbideMotion6 folder, if using Carbide Motion 6. Look for the “travelX” entry and adjust as needed.
Hi Ed,
I had the original Z with belt drive before the HDZ. I have CM 6.40 but I do not see a filed called shapeoko.json in the folder where CM is installed.
Do you have it on your machine? Can you share the exact folder path?
Thanks,
Bryan
If your on a Mac:
Macintosh HD>Users>UserName>Library>Preferences>Carbide 3D>CarbideMotion6
Click on the version number of Carbide Motion, then in the About dialog box choose “Open Data Directory”, then look in the CarbideMotion6 directory.
Ok I found it but what should I change this value to?
This is what I have in the json file:
“bitRunnerEnabled”: false,
“bitSetterEnabled”: true,
“bitSetterX”: -22.5,
“bitSetterY”: -788.5,
“bitZeroType”: 2,
“connection”: 1,
“lastConfigSent”: 2,
“lastProbeIndex”: 0,
“lastSizeOption”: 0,
“odometer”: [
{
“cleared”: true,
“minutes”: 2823.034783333345,
“startDate”: “2024-03-23”,
“travelX”: 2133044.971521616,
“travelY”: 2225211.601248026,
“travelZ”: 412763.13022884727
},
{
“cleared”: false,
“minutes”: 39.01933333333341,
“startDate”: “2025-04-21”,
“travelX”: 34120.37397325039,
“travelY”: 48203.846032738686,
“travelZ”: 8428.94312095642
}
],
“showCarbideRouterRpm”: true,
“spindleType”: 1,
“travelX”: -830.0,
“travelY”: -850.0,
“travelZ”: -140.0,
“version”: 0,
“webhooks”: ,
“workOffsetX”: 823.4000244140625,
“workOffsetY”: 288.67498779296875,
“workOffsetZ”: 61.099998474121094
What if I go into the machine settings window in CM and clear the counters under the Maintenance tab?
Would that reset my X travel for the HDZ?
Near the bottom change “travelX”:-830.0 to something like -840.0. Mark the left side of your X beam with a piece of blue tape before making the change and compare the travel after the adjustment. Remember to restart CM after saving the change.
I was able to adjust the TravelX= -880.0 and it closed the gap down significantly.
Thanks everyone.
After I thought about it a bit I can’t help but wonder if the Set-up Wizzard in CM would have been an easier way to adjust that travel. Running the wizzard and selecting HDZ as your Z axis may have done the trick.
Hi Ed,
I ran the setup wizard a couple of times since installing the HDZ but it does not change the travel limit on the X- axis.
I changed it manually in the json file and it works but I noticed at one point yesterday that the value was reverted back to previous 830.0. I am not sure what mage it change back to the original value but I suspect that shutting down CM may have done it. I will have to keep an eye on it to figure it out.
Odd. The only things I can think of is, was CM running when you made the edit? It should have been closed. Also, check that you have write permissions set correctly.
