Iām trying to do a carve with a 1/16" bit. According to the chart I have (the one from IDC Woodcraft), i should be running my Makita router on dial 5. I load up gSender, turn on the router, press start and after anywhere fro 10 seconds to about a minute, it just stops. It says program is still running but it itsnāt moving at all. Iāve tried disconnecting my dust collector from the router and not even turning it on, re-routing cables reflashing g-Sender, replacing USB cable and making sure all connections are tight.
The program I ran yesterday had my speed below 4 so I tried running the machine with the speed under 4 with the smaller bit to see if it would work and for some reason its working.
Does anyone have any ideas how to solve that problem so I can run the router at a higher RPM as called for?
Have you tried running your program with the router turned off? (BTW, you should be making these tests without a bit in the router.)
You didnāt say how much use this router has had. By getting it āworkingā with a change in speed and trying other things on the receive side, your problem reminds me of worn out brushes in the router. Perhaps the brushes arenāt worn out, but they could be wearing out. Higher speeds would cause more arcing at the brushes and more problems in some other part.
@Ops58 FWIW, I was referring to the router power cable, not the Z motor cable. I had issues in early days that we resolved by taking the router cable out of the drag chain so that it does not touch any of the stepper motor cables.
I think thatās your focus. To narrow it down, do what Grant did with the cord. If thatās not the solution, then try brushes. Iām with you though, they should be new.
Iāve heard of people letting their router run to wear in their brushes to the rotor. Donāt know if thatās a solution for you.
Iāve taken the brushes out and theyāre showing burn marks. The commutator (I think thatās what itās called) is also very dirty so Iām going to order new brushes, clean the commutator and give it a try when I get home from work in a couple weeks.
Thanks for everyoneās help Iāll post an update when Iām home again to see if that was the issue.
Well after more playing around with everything, (grounding dust collector, re-routing router cable and replacing brushes) it seems the issue turned out to be an issue with the program I created. I got a new SVG file and it ran the whole thing no problem.