Title explains it.
Printer: Anet A8 Slicer: Cura
I have had a successful print. This occurred during the second print, it was almost done and then it just went off the edge and it wont print anymore.
Ive tried to home the X-Axis and it will not. It moves an inch or 2 to the right and then stops.
The belt is on the correct way, its just weird that it broke suddenly.
Check that the origin in your slicer is set to 0, 0. You may also want to make sure your printing envelope is set to right size.
try swap x-axis stepper connector
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Your X-axis stepper motor connector is inverted so it’s going right instead of left when the nozzle goes to 0,0,0. unplug it, rotate it, and plug it again 
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You want us to just guess at it? Not going to tell us what printer or slicer?
The thing is that it worked once,broke,worked and then broke again. And it cant be, it only goes in one way.
The thing is that it worked once,broke,worked and then broke again. And it cant be, it only goes in one way.
Thanks, sounds like it may be a bad cable. I would see if you can swap it out for the Y cable and see if anything changes.
Thing to do will be to try to eliminate the most obvious things first.
Maybe also move the extruder to another position by hand then try a home again.
I eliminated that. I tested x cable on y axis and it worked fine. What i do notice is after homing x, the motor makes a high pitched sound and I cant move the belt at all really. This almost makes me think its a bad motor.
So you swapped the cables and they problem was still with the same motor?
Does it have the issue when it gets to an end stop or just anywhere? You can plug the Y cable into the X motor and run Y an see what happens.
The steppers usually are not the issue. I might check the end stop switches to see if you can find anything there and check the stepper driver on the main board if you can to see if swapping it changes things. Some can’t be changed though.
I didnt try the Ycable in X just the Xcable in y because i didnt want to ruin my nice cable management. It moves an inch or 2 to the right. The endstop is on the left. Even when i manually push it, the motor doesnt stop instantly, it just keeps moving. I also dont think its cables as it got 1 successful print, broke, randomly started working and got another successful print and then broke again.
It may be the main board going out. I’d contact the seller and see what they have to say also.
Right, depending on the size of your piece and where on the platform you position it, if you have the origin set wrong, it might or might not try to print on the actual platform. If you move a small piece towards the upper right, it might print even with the origin wrong.
That would be strange. I got it 6 days ago.
Thats strange because it worked, broke, worked, broke again.
Electronics usually fail when new if they are going to. I would go over all connections checking they are tight and correct. Since it worked then started to act up something could be loose.
Also look for a shorted or grounding out wire. Maybe something has crimped a wire causing an intermittent issue.
I know on a few build that wires can get pinched.
All of this doesnt make sense because it worked, had this issue, worked once more and its having the issue again. Im sure when i test it again when i get home, its going to work and then break again. Ill check wires to make sure nothing is damaged.
I switched the x and y axis morors and endstop. When i switched it the x (which is on y) is perfectly fine but the y (which was now on the x) did the same thing the x did. Whats the cause of this? Should i update the firmware?
So you physically changed the motors location? You put the X one in for Y and Y in for X? You also changed the end stops? I would change the end stops back and see. If it doesn’t change then switch the motors back and see. Get to where you can change one thing and then reproduce the issue.
