Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Limit Switch help

> I need help with a limit switch circut for a special tool I am
>building. There is only space for one switch to be remote mounted and
>it will act as the overtravel limit for both directions.
> When the tool reaches the end of travel, the switch would stop the
>motor foreward motion, but allow it to move in the opposite direction.
>When it reaches the end going the other way, the cycle repeats itself.
>Stop, reverse, stop, reverse.
> The motor is a little DC 24v gearhead.
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
> Thanks

There are limit switches made for this purpose. They operate one set of
contacts when actuated from one direction, and another when actuated from
teh other. I no longer have catalogs for such switches, but the likes of
Microswitch can surely help.