I am brand new to this , bought a foxalien 4040. and followed all the directions.
I have made a couple of things with light carving. So I though I’d try to carve deeper. Set my cut on easel to 5/8s inch, but the machine only cut maybe 3/16ths. I have tried all the zeroing methods. from the waste board to the bed surface, and of course the lower left corner of my work area. I am measuring
my work using calipers. and my work is .763 . any help would be greatly appreciated. I have even tried to set my cut lower with no effect. my collet is
tight. the bit is not sliding. I am using an 1/8th in up cut bit,
It sounds like you may need to change the steps per mm setting for the Z axis. Try jogging a certain distance and then measure to see if it is correct or not. To change a setting you type $$ into the command line. That will display the grbl settings.
GRBL_Settings_Pocket_Guide_Rev_B.pdf
Z axis steps per mm is $102.
And someone can close this thread. Thank you!
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