Sahapeoko XXL Not Homing

[jcwillette]

I was just running a flattening pocket and on the last trip around the project my shapeoko xxl stopped and jittered. I quickly shut off all power and restarted everything. When I loaded carbide motion and tried to home the machine, it went back to the back and tried to home on the x axis where it stopped and jittered again. I powered off all the machine and tried to manually move the x axis. It appears it has about an inch play and it comes to a hard stop. I can not see any chips or anything on the wheels or in the pullies. Any help would be appreciated as I was making a sign for christmas present.

Thank you

JC Willette

[RichCournoyer (Richard Cournoyer)]

If you search Homing Problem (or similar phrases, you will get some good results like this):

New XXL Build - won't complete Homing process

I completed building my brand new XXL, and all is good - I can connect the cutter to Carbide Motion, all axis ‘jog’ as expected, etc. My issue is with setting up the homing switches… I have followed the instructions to the letter, and all switches are making their respective connections at the end of travel, but for some reason when I try to enable the homing function within Motion, the Z-axis responds per the manual, but the Y axis runs to the back of the frame, hits the back and stops (as exp…

[brantley (ted brantley)]

I had a similar experience and found that replacing the x axis cable resolved the issue. Jorge talked me through the troubleshooting process. Not saying this is your issue, but it worked for me.

[neilferreri (Neil Ferreri Ω)]

@jcwillette

It appears it has about an inch play and it comes to a hard stop.

Can you get a video of this? If you can’t move the axis when powered off, it’s not a “homing” issue

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

If you haven’t already, please drop us a line at support@carbide3d.com and we’ll do our best to help.