Why does my Shaeoko 4 XXL Keep Crashing in the Middle of a Job?

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

@fastlap

solution for me was to wrap 18gage copper wire around the vac hose then secure it tightly with electrical tape. Ground it to the machine.

The big thing when grounding is to avoid ground loops.

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…