Just waiting on a Spindle now

[Timberly]

@Mrd Does this help you with the Z-Axis dropping?

TMToronto mentioned steppers with an integrated brake and Aiph5u mentioned a counter balanced Spring, which I think somebody actually installed on a machine.

Spindle/Z Slider dropping / Spindle drop down on Poweroff/Estop (Elite Series)

Hi all, I’d love to hear from other Foreman owners. Mine drops the Z axis and crashes the bit into the spoil board about 30% of the time or more, when I activate the Emergency stop. Of course, the E-stop has to be checked every time you power up the machine, so I’m concerned that I will have bit damage due to this. I asked support, and their response is: It’s going to be possible since you have the weight of a 2.2 spindle. To be fair, I have the exact same spindle on my 2 year old Journeym…