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Hi everyone,
Found this forum and I would appreciate your help, as I am desperate.
I operate a Sainsmart 3018 Pro CNC router as a small side business. Until recently everything worked like a charm but couple days ago the Z axis stopped moving.
My first go-to was cleaning the board and checking the cables. As I switched Z axis cable for the Y axis on both the stepper motor and the control board, the Z axis worked as usual. So I bought replacement cable and tought all is good now, but once the new cable came and I replaced it, the Y axis didn’t work. This got me confused, as anything I did, only two axis were working fine and the third was stuck. There was initial noise from the stepper motor, but it didn’t move.
So I tought the control board is somehow dead and bought a new one with hopes the issue will be over. Today I got the new control board, connected all the cables, but the issue persists, again on Z-axis. All the trials I did were with the USB cable disconnected and only via the cable remote controller, that came with the CNC.
Any hints on what might be wrong, as if only two axis are connected to control board it works ok, once I connect the third one it causes the last one added to not work.
Thank you
Found this forum and I would appreciate your help, as I am desperate.
I operate a Sainsmart 3018 Pro CNC router as a small side business. Until recently everything worked like a charm but couple days ago the Z axis stopped moving.
My first go-to was cleaning the board and checking the cables. As I switched Z axis cable for the Y axis on both the stepper motor and the control board, the Z axis worked as usual. So I bought replacement cable and tought all is good now, but once the new cable came and I replaced it, the Y axis didn’t work. This got me confused, as anything I did, only two axis were working fine and the third was stuck. There was initial noise from the stepper motor, but it didn’t move.
So I tought the control board is somehow dead and bought a new one with hopes the issue will be over. Today I got the new control board, connected all the cables, but the issue persists, again on Z-axis. All the trials I did were with the USB cable disconnected and only via the cable remote controller, that came with the CNC.
Any hints on what might be wrong, as if only two axis are connected to control board it works ok, once I connect the third one it causes the last one added to not work.
Thank you