[Solved] Going off path like crazy

[AbearDesign]

i had a similar problem. the vwheels weren’t tight enough and slipping was occurring.

check your belts and v wheels

Consolidation of problems/solution threads

I am working on consolidating the most helpful post on various subjects in order to make finding solutions to common issues easier. When I was fresh to the machine and it’s problems, I had to figure out how to word the searches in different ways in order to find solutions. I am still finding older post that were worded slightly different that didnt show up in my original searches. For now, it is just links to the post, however, I plan on creating more of a at a glance problem/solution referen…

one thing to highlight. After I did this modification, i haven’t had any slipping wheels

X-Axis V-Wheels and Eccentric Nuts Keep loosening

I’m happy to report a successful test carve after a few adjustments; I checked and tightened the x axis belt gear (thanks Rusty) and I turned up the current a little more for the x axis, and I moved my wood 1 inch in on the x axis, zeroing an inch to the right because the far left seems a little tighter as the x axis travels there. Will tweak that when I need to. I hope to do a more complex carve tomorrow after checking things over, and we’ll see how that goes. Wow. Does it feel good to make som…