Random gcode mishaps in Easel

X-Carve Troubleshooting
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Cut a sign today and the finishing bit run across some letters. I figure I did something wrong, maybe the board is warped, maybe there is something on the waste board etc. Reload new piece and send it again. This time it drills a random hole on the roughing pass. I see it and hope for the best. No luck it shows on the finished product. Reload and send again. Another random hole drilled in a letter different spot. Any suggestions before I use up my local lumberyards inventory and still not have a presentable finished product?

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Please share your Easel file and a couple of pics of the mishaps, it will help us indicating a possible cause :slight_smile:

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15213235603003392764862851×2138 1.57 MB

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152132362964417565418614032×3024 2.51 MB

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152132368106110699259003024×4032 2.7 MB

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It can not be opened you need to share it.

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I tried and failed to carve/sand out the drag across marks and made it worse.

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try now

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I took a look at the file and it doesn’t seem to have any artifacts. It seems clean.

It’s hard to tell from the pictures but my guess is one of two things:

  1. There is an intermittent electrical connection on the Z axis.

  2. There is something loose on the Z axis causing it to go down too far on certain moves.

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I looked at it and it looks good to me but i am no expert on tool paths but i did not see anything where the holes went in. Maybe the bit slipped down?

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Zack,
On the first cut which had the finishing bit too low across the letters it only happened on 1 word. It would run across it go do another letter fine then come back and swipe it again. It also took much longer to simulate toolpaths before running. not sure if A has anything to do with B but putting it out there.

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If the bit snapped or if it dug much deeper beyond that spot that would be my thought as well.

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I am just guess but i see no reason for the holes and draging across the top.

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It did it again (#4). The first move it makes is a drill hole in the y.

Come On Easel, work with me.

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I even started from scratch and redesigned.

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Have you done a mechanical checkup recently?

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I was wondering if you might be getting hung up somewere and loosing steps. Maybe your dust collecton or the the hose is dragging.

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In the image I posted this morning you can see the travel to the letter Y, then a drill, then moves to the top and starts carving.

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@RussHoagland I think I see what you’re talking about. The .25" bit does a quick plunge in the corner of the ‘y’?
Can you export the actual gcode through the machine inspector and post it here?