<p>I found two issues:</p>

<ul>
<li>While cutting the cables to size, I made the cable for the z-axis too short.</li>
<li>In Cura the y height reset to 100mm rather than the 240mm I had earlier specified.  I assume the G-code I used was sliced with the wrong settings.</li>
</ul>

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2018-01-17T10:28:39.727Z
2018-01-30T22:08:38.497Z
2018-01-30T22:08:38.497Z
Plodmore
<p>I got an Anet A8 for Christmas.</p>

<p>I am trying to print a calibration tower and the z axis stops lifting at approximately 100mm.</p>

<p>I checked that the gantry is able to travel along the full length of the threaded rods, and while resetting the bed height I noticed that the LCD display showed the extruder height above the bed.  It reads 0 at home (good) but goes back to zero when I manually turn the rods so that the gantry goes above the heigh at which the print stopped.</p>

<p>Any thoughts on what to check? I am double checking all the mechanical bits (connection to stepper coupling, ease of turning, etc...). </p>

<p>My slicer is Cura 3.1.</p>

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2018-01-09T15:06:12.937Z
Can you move higher in Z  via the  "position - Z-axis"  menu on the printer?  DId you make sure that the current  z-limits for the printer volume in Cura are set correctly?
Carl Witthoft
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2018-01-09T21:50:50.340Z
@CarlWitthoft - Cura won't produce any Gcode if the model doesn't fit entirely in the print volume, so I don't think that should be the cause.
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Z axis stopped part way through print
Plodmore
# Z axis stopped part way through print

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-09)

I got an Anet A8 for Christmas.

I am trying to print a calibration tower and the z axis stops lifting at approximately 100mm.

I checked that the gantry is able to travel along the full length of the threaded rods, and while resetting the bed height I noticed that the LCD display showed the extruder height above the bed. It reads 0 at home (good) but goes back to zero when I manually turn the rods so that the gantry goes above the heigh at which the print stopped.

Any thoughts on what to check? I am double checking all the mechanical bits (connection to stepper coupling, ease of turning, etc...).

My slicer is Cura 3.1.

**Tags:** marlin, ultimaker-cura, z-axis, anet-a8
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you move higher in Z  via the  "position - Z-axis"  menu on the printer?  DId you make sure that the current  z-limits for the printer volume in Cura are set correctly?  
> **username_2**: @CarlWitthoft - Cura won't produce any Gcode if the model doesn't fit entirely in the print volume, so I don't think that should be the cause.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-01-17. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

I found two issues:

* While cutting the cables to size, I made the cable for the z-axis too short.
* In Cura the y height reset to 100mm rather than the 240mm I had earlier specified. I assume the G-code I used was sliced with the wrong settings.


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