I saw cutting a sports sign and did a roughing pass with a 1/8 bit then I switched to a 60 degree for the detail cut. I selected “use last X and Y” but the cut was only on the right side of the area and diffinatly off. I will try and get a picture uploaded.
Does the machine lock down good when powered up?
Did it possibly move during it change?
It did move during the change but I thought if using the last X and Y it would start at that position.
The Xcarve is an open-loop system, the steppers are commanded to move a certain amount but if they for some reason don’t the controller is unaware. Open-loop = no positional feed back.
So if something moved during tool change and no re-calibration (homing switches or a zero block) of machine zero the controller is clueless as to where “Last X/Y” were.
Make sure $1=255 and the dip switch for Reduce Idle Current is set to OFF.
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