Full Version: Meistergram - Pro-Am Help
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#2]
24 Jan 2007
To: ROG (RACS) [#1] 24 Jan 2007
Can you elaborate on the problem you're having?
From: ROG (RACS) [#3]
24 Jan 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#2] 24 Jan 2007
When the machine is seeking the home sensors there is a constant noise and the spindle does not move at all so I am not able to get into the engraving mode at all. When I consulted my D14 Manual it indicated that I had a controlller problem.
I would greatly appreciate any help in solving the problem. I live in the Andrews AFB area of the DC area.
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#4]
24 Jan 2007
To: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#3] 24 Jan 2007
Mike,
ROG's question sounds like one you could answer.
My uneducated guess is (forgive my lack of the proper lingo) a bad stepper driver on a circuit board.
EDITED: 24 Jan 2007 by DGL
From: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#5]
24 Jan 2007
To: ROG (RACS) [#1] 24 Jan 2007
First things to check for are bad connections between controller and engraver. Make sure the spindle rises up easily you should be able to raise the spindle by hand or by turning the leadscrew with the controller off. Make sure that the spindle is not up past the limit switch.
The spindle should be the first thing to move and hit the limit switch, If this does not happen then nothing else will reset and there is a problem with the Z Axis. If the spindle raises up but does not stop at the limit switch then there is a problem with either the limit switch or the CPU board that controls the limit switch's. Look over all the connectors and cables to see if anything is noticeably wrong (broken wire, etc).
If after you check all of the mechanical and still have problems then here is someone you can call they are located in SC.
Mackenzie Quiros 336-288-1613 He should be able to help you.
EDITED: 24 Jan 2007 by MIKEMAC
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#6]
24 Jan 2007
To: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#5] 24 Jan 2007
Thank you Mike.
Does Meistergram make it prerequisite, that a person have the name Mackenzie, in order to be a technician? :-)
EDITED: 24 Jan 2007 by DGL
From: Puck (PUCKERBRUSH) [#7]
24 Jan 2007
To: ROG (RACS) [#1] 24 Jan 2007
Rog,
Heres the thread on my ProAm 912, might help you.
http://www.engravingetc.org/forum/index.php?webtag=EE&msg=2876.1
Also if you need to replace the stepper motor/s I have a contact from the place that made/s them and you can get them direct from them at a good price.
Puck
From: ROG (RACS) [#8]
25 Jan 2007
To: Puck (PUCKERBRUSH) [#7] 26 Jan 2007
Puck,
Thanks so very much for the information. It was very helpful.
Rog
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#9]
25 Jan 2007
To: ROG (RACS) [#8] 26 Jan 2007
Have you found the cure for what's ailing your machine?
From: Puck (PUCKERBRUSH) [#10]
26 Jan 2007
To: ROG (RACS) [#8] 26 Jan 2007
Did you figure out what was wrong?
Puck
From: ROG (RACS) [#11]
26 Jan 2007
To: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#5] 26 Jan 2007
Hello Laserman,
Thanks for your information. I was at a total loss as to what to do. All connecdtions were in place. After I turned the machine on and it did not set I gently moved the spindle up and it then began to seek its home position. I have since done a couple of jobs. I do know Mackinze Quiros so I will give him a call in the near future. Meanwhile THANKS for your help.
Rog
From: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#12]
26 Jan 2007
To: ROG (RACS) [#11] 26 Jan 2007
Rog,
If thats all you did to get it to work then I would clean and lube the Z axis assembly real good. It sounds like it is just dirty and causing the Z axis to hang up.
From: ROG (RACS) [#13]
26 Jan 2007
To: Puck (PUCKERBRUSH) [#10] Unread
I will do an extra clean and lube job on the z axis. I recently engraved a large number of brass door knockers and that may have contributed to the problem of the z axis hanging up.
Is this a Great Forum or is it a Great Forum?. I am very greatful for all the help I have gotten .
Rog
From: ROG (RACS) [#14]
26 Jan 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#9] 26 Jan 2007
I haven't fully learned how to use this forum, but I have fully learned that it is very very very helpful. I have gotten some very good and clear help with my problem I had with my Meistergram. Thank you for walking me through the registeration process. My hope is that at some point I will be able to give some help to someone just as I have received help. We are all in this thing together. Engraving etc is a wonderful tool. It is just like going to my tool box to get the right tool I need to help me to get a job done.
O yes David! The Mackeizie Quiros I mentioned to you was mentioned to me by Laserman. I met him about 8 years ago. I last saw him about 2 years ago at one of the shows. Thank again David.
Rog
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#15]
26 Jan 2007
To: ROG (RACS) [#14] 27 Jan 2007
Roger,
When you first contacted me and mentioned you were having difficulties in registering, I told you that I'd be happy to assist, by posing your questions to the forum.
I have no doubt, that tact would have generated much of the useful information you received.
As you discovered, by having direct contact with the people of the forum, your issue was handled much more effectively and expediently.
Nothing's perfect and we're striving to make the registration process and navigation of the forum software more user friendly.
Having said that, when it comes to the shortest distance between two points, with those points being a person in need and the solution they seek, this method of broadcasting; this near-live access to the movers and shakers in our industry, may very well be, as close to perfection as you'll find.
Of course, that's my somewhat biased opinion. :-)
Thank you for joining us and I'm ecstatic to hear your success story.
EDITED: 26 Jan 2007 by DGL
From: UncleSteve [#16]
26 Jan 2007
To: ROG (RACS) [#14] 27 Jan 2007
You have no idea of how much help you have given others just by posing your problem here. You are not the first nor will you be the last that has had a "sticky" z axis problem.
The fact that this is an open forum where everyone gets to see the problem and the solutions helps everyone. If not now, in the future if the same symptoms occur.