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hello wolffie

being a complete novice i assumed only the z axis would be involved in creating a tab

i.e. up cutter ,pause, down cutter .it seems nothing is that simple in cnc

phred

hello
i have had similar problems on my mill
i would suspect electrical interference ,this can originate from motors with brushes that are worn
also from electronic motor controllers , or just a loose connection.
is it a new machine or has the fault arisen after some use?
phred

hello all ah. bob were it that easy the gantry is driven by a single ball screw which is coupled to the gantry by a bridge piece bolted to the base of each side frame when adjusting you have loosen everything ,move one side frame and then re-tighten. i have however managed ,after several attempts ,t...

hello metalworkz yes,thats it i have tried various checks as you can see from previous posts following a suggestion from bravesoul i created a single circle in cut2d this translated as four arcs in mach3 when i cut the circle it was correct on the axes but oversize on one diagonal and undersize on t...

look under examples for the widget drg this shows how to draw from scratch

phred

hello toymaker no problem with squares i have cut squares of 500mm and the diagonals are as near equal as i can measure hello leo and bravesoul i have checked the calibration over 500mm on each axis and they are as near as i can measure with a steel rule i do suspect the machine as i said in an earl...

1968sh4.crv hello bravesoul that checks the dxf but does it check the code? sorry if thats a silly question but i am a complete novice at cnc although i have had the machine for some years i had so much trouble with it originally that i gave up on it i have only started again this year since i reti...

hi fixitmike
squares are fine also individual holes e.g. a square with
a hole at each corner is ok it just seems to be circles
phred

hi bravesoul
did you create the circle from the dxf file or the list?
phred

1968SH4.dxf Profile 2 sh4.txt hello i have a problem i am trying to cut a 500mm dia disc from chipboard, but it comes out oval (sort of) by about 2 mm i have had three tries with different settings and adjustments but still the same error the dxf file and g-code list are attached in the hope that s...