Spindle won't start

[JohnnyBeWood]

Had my machine for about a month, had to do a bunch of electrical work and get it inspected before use..turned on the machine for the first time yesterday. Tested things out and all was well.

Today I went to run a program and the spindle did not start. I hit stop and tried turning it on and off manually but it won't come on. It did yesterday so I don't know what could have changed between then and now. The stop light is on on the vfd but the controller says spindle on. I tried combinations of buttons on the vfd but nothing works.

Anyone know where the fuses are located to check?

[JohnnyBeWood]

I solved my own issue. The connection for the handheld controller was just barely seated on the bottom end. When I wiggled it then the spindle started working.

The screw for the connection to keep it tight won't get very tight and it must have pulled out when I was moving things around. The top screw goes in fine though and is tight.

Hope it helps someone else. I'll have to email them about it.

[JohnnyBeWood]

Follow up after email: it appears that I completely missed the fact that one end of the controller is contoured to the bottom of the handheld controller. I flipped it around with the end I had in the machine and everything screwed in tight...

That's what working on things in the morning after a midnight shift gets you..

[traindriver]

Thanks for your posts and following up with how you fixed it. I'm sure this will happen again to someone, and maybe your post will help them out.