this is great information…just some clarifications for a few things.
Is the clamp on the metal you are cutting or clamped to “close to the cutting area”…this is important as it needs to be clamped to the metal you are cutting…clamping to slats can cause an incomplete connection and possible arcing between the metal being cut and the slats…and a clarification for terminology…it is not a ground…it is actually the positive of the plasma.
Previously when you had the melted female connection on the electronics box you were asked if the screws that hold the male plug to the female socket on the case are too long and poking through the connector
we are not looking to see if it securely fastened, but is another issue could be caused by too long of screws, here is a thread with some visual help.
again this is not clear in your response…the cables should not be coiled up like a hose or a long extension cord…then should be all separated when is use…we noted this to a user as it can cause problems…here is a picture posted by 68Wiskey…
some of this information clarification and the pictures will be helpful.
this is a great bit of information.
So try this…I would like to see if you have any problems when each axis is used independent of other motors or actions
If at any stage in the following procedures you run into problems…STOP…let us know what it is…
Unplug the motors…plug one motor into the X port and run that motor back and forth see that the motor responds properly…do this with each motor in the X port…this will confirm that each motor is responding to a command.
Did each motor respond to a command while plugged into the X port?
Plug only the Y motors into the box
Now loosen your couplers on the Y axis…loosen them so the motors can spin free…both sides and both motors.
Plug the Y motors back in to their ports…try moving the motors see if both motors run…see if they spin…
if they both seem to work now retighten the couplers and run only the Y axis so the gantry goes front to back, and the motors do it together.
Are you getting equal Y movement pushing the gantry back and forth?
Are there any noises other than the gantry moving nice and smooth…no binding or stalling?
If everything works properly at this point we go to the next step…plug in the X motor…
Without moving the Y…move the X side to side a few times…
If everything is good and all runs fine…then download the Pro break-in program…run the program in FireControl…
This will move the X and Y together back and forth across the table…
Does everything work properly up to now?
Have you ever had errors show up on the screen when you were having issues before?
did you ever take pictures of the errors if you had them?