Can anyone give me advice on what is causing my X Carve to do the crazy straight line? I am trying to cutout a simple circle.
your Z-Axis is shaking as if it is loose. and agree with Phil it looks as if a piece of your belt broke and was thrown down to the waste board. can not tell for sure but looks as if the Z-Axis has some issues. I would check the V-Wheels and make sure the bearings are installed correct (with washers in between the bearings) as this can cause that shake. As far as the travel path can not be sure that you have without seeing what path (design) it is supposed to be, as far as we know it is right on the money with what the design is.
Also I would unhook all belts and make sure that there is no binding or hard spots for travel along all axis then make sure there is no play or slop where the movement happens (everything is tight but not locked up).
My X Limit Switch broke when I raised my router to do a test cut “in air” raised too high. I am going to have to order a new one. I am going to check the other items you have both mentioned.
Looks like your wheels aren’t even turning on your axis… (unless my eyes are deceiving me…)
might want to start there…
It is my X asis. something going on with my belt. How tight do I need my belt
Your belt clips are way too far away from the edges to not interfere with motion. The plastic belt clips should be right next to the metal clips. See this image from the Instructions:
I am cutting. Thanks to all of you. I am cutting 1/2 inch birch plywood, have my material set at 1’ and still not cutting all the way through. Any suggestions?
What is your $102 setting.
Easel machine inspector. Ctrl- shift- D type “$$” these are your machine settings
Do you Z probe? Sounds like your Z zero is not being set properly.
Machine Inspector
Firmware Version: Grbl 1.0c
Easel Driver Version: 0.3.9
State
idle
Machine position
X: 0.000
Y: 0.000
Z: 8.890
Work position
X: 0.000
Y: 0.000
Z: 3.810
Probe Status
No contact
Console
Press enter to send line
Show status
ok
$132=100.000 (z max travel, mm)
$131=790.000 (y max travel, mm)
$130=790.000 (x max travel, mm)
$122=50.000 (z accel, mm/sec^2)
$121=500.000 (y accel, mm/sec^2)
$120=500.000 (x accel, mm/sec^2)
$112=500.000 (z max rate, mm/min)
$111=8000.000 (y max rate, mm/min)
$110=8000.000 (x max rate, mm/min)
$102=188.976 (z, step/mm)
$101=40.000 (y, step/mm)
$100=40.000 (x, step/mm)
$31=0. (rpm min)
$30=1. (rpm max)
$27=1.000 (homing pull-off, mm)
$26=250 (homing debounce, msec)
$25=750.000 (homing seek, mm/min)
$24=25.000 (homing feed, mm/min)
$23=3 (homing dir invert mask:00000011)
$22=0 (homing cycle, bool)
$21=0 (hard limits, bool)
$20=0 (soft limits, bool)
$13=0 (report inches, bool)
$12=0.002 (arc tolerance, mm)
$11=0.020 (junction deviation, mm)
$10=115 (status report mask:01110011)
$6=0 (probe pin invert, bool)
$5=0 (limit pins invert, bool)
$4=0 (step enable invert, bool)
$3=4 (dir port invert mask:00000100)
$2=0 (step port invert mask:00000000)
$1=255 (step idle delay, msec)
$0=10 (step pulse, usec)
$$
ok
$132=100.000 (z max travel, mm)
$131=790.000 (y max travel, mm)
$130=790.000 (x max travel, mm)
$122=50.000 (z accel, mm/sec^2)
$121=500.000 (y accel, mm/sec^2)
$120=500.000 (x accel, mm/sec^2)
$112=500.000 (z max rate, mm/min)
$111=8000.000 (y max rate, mm/min)
$110=8000.000 (x max rate, mm/min)
$102=188.976 (z, step/mm)
$101=40.000 (y, step/mm)
$100=40.000 (x, step/mm)
$31=0. (rpm min)
$30=1. (rpm max)
$27=1.000 (homing pull-off, mm)
$26=250 (homing debounce, msec)
$25=750.000 (homing seek, mm/min)
$24=25.000 (homing feed, mm/min)
$23=3 (homing dir invert mask:00000011)
$22=0 (homing cycle, bool)
$21=0 (hard limits, bool)
$20=0 (soft limits, bool)
$13=0 (report inches, bool)
$12=0.002 (arc tolerance, mm)
$11=0.020 (junction deviation, mm)
$10=115 (status report mask:01110011)
$6=0 (probe pin invert, bool)
$5=0 (limit pins invert, bool)
$4=0 (step enable invert, bool)
$3=4 (dir port invert mask:00000100)
$2=0 (step port invert mask:00000000)
$1=255 (step idle delay, msec)
$0=10 (step pulse, usec)
$$
Events
Settings
$0=10 (step pulse, usec)
$1=255 (step idle delay, msec)
$2=0 (step port invert mask:00000000)
$3=4 (dir port invert mask:00000100)
$4=0 (step enable invert, bool)
$5=0 (limit pins invert, bool)
$6=0 (probe pin invert, bool)
$10=115 (status report mask:01110011)
$11=0.020 (junction deviation, mm)
$12=0.002 (arc tolerance, mm)
$13=0 (report inches, bool)
$20=0 (soft limits, bool)
$21=0 (hard limits, bool)
$22=0 (homing cycle, bool)
$23=3 (homing dir invert mask:00000011)
$24=25.000 (homing feed, mm/min)
$25=750.000 (homing seek, mm/min)
$26=250 (homing debounce, msec)
$27=1.000 (homing pull-off, mm)
$30=1. (rpm max)
$31=0. (rpm min)
$100=40.000 (x, step/mm)
$101=40.000 (y, step/mm)
$102=188.976 (z, step/mm)
$110=8000.000 (x max rate, mm/min)
$111=8000.000 (y max rate, mm/min)
$112=500.000 (z max rate, mm/min)
$120=500.000 (x accel, mm/sec^2)
$121=500.000 (y accel, mm/sec^2)
$122=50.000 (z accel, mm/sec^2)
$130=790.000 (x max travel, mm)
$131=790.000 (y max travel, mm)
$132=100.000 (z max travel, mm)
I have the Z probe but did not set up yet. Just going to the left corner of my material and touching surface of wood
If you take the bit out, can you jog the spindle down enough to have cut to the spoil board?
Touching it by jogging the machine in Easel or manually moving it? You have to use Easel to jog it.
Ok, I am totally lost… You guys have to speak english to me.
X switch fell off.
that appears to be the case