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If you use a controller with proper feedback the stepper motor will not keep trying to turn when the router / spindle runs into a point it cannot go beyond.
The standard controller that comes with the Xcarve does not have that feature.
At some point I plan on getting a controller that I can set up that will not have this problem. That way when I try to home or something gets stuck the unit doesn’t keep trying to move and will go into a fail / warning mode letting you clear or reset it.
Hello. If I’m having issues where on the left side of my waste bored it cuts deeper vs my right side. Is that a tension belt issue? My Gantry is straight, so is my MakerSlide.
In addition to Surfacing the wasteboard as Ken is suggesting I also suggest to Surface the workpiece whenever possible and when it cannot be surfaced on the cnc for one reason or another I suggest trying this shimming technique to get the top of the workpiece to be parallel to the gantry plane of movement:
However I see that you’re new to the group and that makes me think that maybe you have a newer X-Carve and this video covers the most common first post from new X-Carve users and is worth checking out:
Noob alert. Here’s a crappy jig I built to tension the belts. The scale is from amazon. (Or search for " Didiseaon Spring Scale Spring Hook Scale") It’s pretty self explanatory. The belt lift distance is approximately one inch.
