Laguna iQ CNC Problems

Space Teams CNC
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I’ve been using the small CNC today and had a few problems.

  1. The controller would intermittently read my flash drive. I am using an 8 GB USB 2.0 drive that has always worked on the controller without issue. I tried two different drives, the same style, and neither would be recognized by the controller. After turning the machine off/on the controller began reading my drive and all worked as should.

  2. After about 20 successfully completed paths I started up another path and the spindle did not spin but dropped down, started moving, and broke my bit. Unfortunately I didn’t realize this is what caused my bit to break until I replaced the bit with a new one, went through the process again and saw it snap the second bit. The Spindle display readout was slashing “ot 1” when this happened.
    I restarted the machine and all worked as it should.

I’ve never dealt with a broken machine - is this something I should yellow tag?

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Hi @Noodles. I’m sorry you’ve been having problems with this machine.

A good way to get attention for a problem like this is the red Problem Report QR codes. If something like this happens again, please scan any one of those codes and fill out the form with the kind of information you put here. Someone will see that report promptly and make the call to yellow tag or red tag the machine.

Another option is to go to https://asmbly.org/problem and fill out the form there. I’ve taken the liberty to do this for your report.

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Thank you! I’ll remember that for next time.