Need help with Linux 2.5 on a CNC lathe

Hello! I’m having some issues with my CNC lathe that is operating on Linux 2.5. It’s a wood lathe with 6 axis wheels. Right now it’s not allowing me to ‘Home’ it. If there is somebody in this group that I can speak with I would appreciate the assistance. Thank you! 

We need more info, pictures, video, smoke signals...

Has it ever worked?
Why LinuxCNC 2.5? That's really rather old.

Yes that beautiful thing has been moved around to different places and has grooved well over 10,000 pairs of drumsticks (200k+ in gross sales) in nine years with no issues. Never had a problem with the software or anything until just recently. I know it’s an old version but it’s always worked. It’s just having a few issues. I may need to just upgrade the whole thing and start from square one.

Groovecooper1 wrote:

I may need to just upgrade the whole thing and start from square one.

I would not, unless it is really required.

So, does it not respond to the home button? Is the home button greyed out?
Does it jog? Are the motors locked or free?

Yes, the machine is on, it jogs and the icon for homing is grayed out, when I get to my shop next week I will upload pictures. Absolutely appreciate you guys are really awesome. Super helpful and responsive! Much appreciated! If there’s anyone in this forum that is for hire, let’s talk.

I can be found everywhere, if you know where to look, but i do not think you need that, yet, this should be fairly easy to figure out.

Ok, thank you, as you can tell, I’m not very versed on Linux. I will be at my shop soon to upload any pictures. I am putting 32 cross cut grooves into the handle of a wood baseball bat. I’ve already tested it and it takes the shock out of your hands. I have the patent and I have MLB guys waiting to try the bats so there is a lot weighing on me to get this done so I appreciate you. Cooper Groove is my company, my shop is in Joliet , IL, just outside of Chicago

Is there a way to bypass homing the machine? Or what file is responsible for homing? I’ve never had a problem with this in about 10 years. You can jog the machine around turn it on and turn it off. It just will not home. The tool will do a touchdown, etc. when you click on the homing icon, it does absolutely nothing, doesn’t even give you an error.