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Hello, i ordered the driver. I have a friend who changed it.
And the machine is back online and the Y axis works fine.

So my problem is SOLVED!

Thanks for you replies, i hope this threat help someone else too.

Thanks for the answers. I have tried to increase the y axis pot but i got the same result. I'm afraid that the driver chip is blown because i put my finger above and it's very hot - i can hold my finger above for 2 seconds only :( . The other two chips for the X and Z axis are ok - i can hold my fin...

Hi, I have problem with moving the Y axis. The problem consist in when i try to move the Y axis, the machine makes strange move like stuttering ( tries to make some move like forward-backward and then stops ). The problem is only with the Y axis. I didn't change anything on the software or hardware....

Hi, i have problem with squaring the machine. Tried to make this pattern and here what i found with the circles. Can someone tell me what exactly is the problem. What i have to look for for squaring right. I think that this is problem with the X and Y square but not sure. Here is the pic. https://dr...

Hi again,
my grbl version is 0.8c so i saw that the hard limit comand is $16. I put it on $16=1 and it worked.
Now i must read a little more for understnding GRBL.
Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the answer!
Here is the link in google drive hope its working this time https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByFvao ... sp=sharing
What i didn't do is to write the command to enable the limit switches. I'll try this later and i'll write how it goes.

Thank you!

Hello, I just assembled my shapeoko 2, and now i want to put the limit switches. My shapeoko is full kit with arduino uno and gshield v5b. I have read about the limit switches and tried the schematics in this thread on the first page, but it doesn't work. I have tested with one limit switch on the X...

Please see: http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Overview#Machine It is able to move using [[Stepper Motors]] which are controlled by [[Stepper Drivers]] attached to a controlling system. In the past, this had to be a full-fledged computer system which ran a G-Code interpreter, attached via speci...

Hi, i'm a newbie in the CNC machines. I want to buy Shapeoko 2 but what i don't understand is how does it work with the Mach3 software. Shapeoko 2 is with a USB connection to PC and the Mach 3 software uses Parallel port. How can i connect Shapeoko2 with Mach3 in this case? Please give me some expl...

Hi, i'm a newbie in the CNC machines. I want to buy Shapeoko 2 but what i don't understand is how does it work with the Mach3 software. Shapeoko 2 is with a USB connection to PC and the Mach 3 software uses Parallel port. How can i connect Shapeoko2 with Mach3 in this case? Please give me some expla...