Calibration not right?

X-Carve Troubleshooting
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Hi guys,

I’ve read a lot of calibration problems on this forum… I tried a lot of tips and tricks to tighten the belts and so on.
When I cut straight lines, everything is superbe, clean and nice cuts.
Circles less then 2cm are “good” (a bit oval) but the ones above 2cm are wrong.

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The machine makes a weird movement, 1 on the top left and one on the bottom right…

Can somebody help me with this?

Thanks in advance!

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Maybe low current on the steppers? There are a number of things it could be. :smile:

First thoughts: Check all your V-wheels, belt tensions, and set screws on the stepper pulleys. Then adjust your stepper motor current (there’s a number of threads here on correct method for doing that) and give it another shot.

That is not normal, correctly-adjusted behavior for the X-Carve. No worries, we can track the problem down and put paid to it! :smile:

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Def not normal. I will say when I first started I had issues too. V wheels. The pots. The bit. Feeds speeds. Now I can get really good results. Just takes time. And patience.

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Alright! I think I know what to do next week! I will keep you updated!
Thanks for the info

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Here is a video to show what the machine is doing.
The belt tension is at 3,5 pound (1,65kg). This was a good tension for a lot of people.
The V wheels are very hard to turn (this is a good thing, I think). Screws and pulleys seem alright too.
The movement is consistent. The X-carve does the same thing over and over again (even if I restart or carve more depth in to it).
Is this a current problem then? I wanted to check before trying that.

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If you sure all those fine adjusted, the last result is to adjusting stepper power. You can search this forum to see safest way to adjust those pods.

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The pulleys where a bit to lose. So when the machine moved, it stayed stationary for 1 or 2mm. This caused the problem. Thanks for the help! We can put resolved next to this topic now! Can’t wait to carve some more wood!