Z goes down, estops itself. New Spindle installed

Original/PRO Series (Buildbotics) (Gen 1) Troubleshooting (X35/X50)
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I have the original X-50 Journeyman. Just installed a new Redline Spindle. I’m choosing the “Onefinity Redline (mm)” file type in Carveco for my gcode files.

After much trouble(not related to this question I think), the Redline spindle appears to be working. My warm-up macro worked. Now trying to run a program to cut a new wasteboard.

This is the start of my gcode:

(RealTime CNC Carveco Post Processor 2025)
(Post Processor Version Metric v1.0)
(Material Size) (X=1230.000, Y=820.000, Z=19.200)
G17
G21
G90
(Tool Number:5) (0.250 inches dia. slot drill)
T5
M6
S19000 M3
G0 X38.881 Y29.166 Z10.000
G1 Z-1.200 F762
G1 X38.640 Y29.893 F1778

The very first line is not there as it was causing an error due to where the brackets were inside other brackets. So I deleted it. It was commented out anyway, so not machine function related.

Why does my machine get to “(Tool Number:5)” and just starts to slowly go down until the estop is automatically triggered? which is below my 0 point.

Am I using the correct file type in Carveco?

thanks for any assistance

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Your spindle doesn’t affect your post processor. Your controller does.

So if you have a BB Buildbotics controller, you’d choose Onefinity BB (inch/mm).

If you have the new Redline Controller (not to be confused with redline spindle/vfd), you’d choose Onefinity Redline post processor. This is not your case. :slight_smile:

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Ah ok. Thanks for the reply. Definitely don’t have the new Redline controller. But looking at the gcode when I use the “Onefinity BB” post processor, I don’t see the commands to spin up the Spindle. M3 S18000 or whatnot. What am I misunderstanding here?

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Ok I see it there. Just wasn’t at the start of the line. Thanks for your help.

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Glad you got it fixed up! :slight_smile: