Hi,
I have not contacted Shopsabre about this yet; thought I would see if anyone in this fourm could help first
I have an '04 (or is it '05) SS7214 and am having problems with the x axis binding during rapid transit moves, specificly during spoilboard surfacing when the axis must travel its full length.
The machine uses steppers and has a top speed of 300ipm.
Yesterday I was surfacing the new spoilboard and on the 4th time around the head was moving to x79y1.25 at 300ipm and just stopped dead about x76. I immediately stopped the program, lifted the head and began moving back to x0.... a few inches and bang! the head stops again, begin the move again (this time moving it in stops and starts and it stops again around x25.
I could find no physical obstructions (loose screws in the rails, etc.) am thinking that the ballnut must be binding. Any thoughts?