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We have a clone of a clone of a Genmitsu clone (no-one really knows what it is...) and use the generic GRBL post-processor. Try that one first. Use generic GRBL sender on the machine that controls your CNC. Succes !

Marcel.

I wonder:

Is your source text traced ? And was it the sort of trace that leave double lines instead of a single line ? Check then - for example in InkScape if you have that - the vectors.

just a thought,

Marcel

Those joints.... that's a work of art. Any plans for a gadget ?

Marcel.

I also rarely use 3D functionality when 2D (2.5 D?) is sufficient. It's not because I think it's better per sé - it's just easier for me. In your case, I think a 'plain' 2D design would have been good enough, with the depth being taken care of in VCarvePro. And speaking of that: I cannot recommend V...

As a former professional software engineer - and having a degree in social sciences (*): I would be extremely carefull to take away all positive messages / pop-ups per sé, especially as the result of some actions can not be seen immediately on the screen. It is actually good for a user to be confirm...

I just tried - but as a VCarvePro user and with a somewhat earlier version of SketchUp, to be honest.
No problems. I exported as .stl and could import the model easily. .dxf is a wrong format for 3D, methinks.

Marcel.

Beyond all that has been mentioned the difference between 0.0024 and 0.0017 is 0.0007—about 1/6th the thickness of a sheet of paper. Does that matter if you are whacking through wood or wood products? I have to agree with Steven here. We prototype mostly with MDF, a material that already falls apar...

We run 2 CNC's, one (the second one we installed) on GRBL. When we installed the second machine we just loaded a second machine profile in VCarvePro as per Vectric intructions. From then on, when saving the toolpaths, we could choose for either one of the machines without any problem. We had slight ...

One more thanks.

Annoying problem solved in an elegant way.

Marcel.

Why not do a VCarve toolpath ? Set two parallel lines twice the thickness of your material apart and let your V--bit do the work.

Marcel.

As a (dedicated) laser user: the circles are indeed too small to test speed. It's hard to say definitely how large they should be, but if you want to test speed efftects I would make the circles a lot larger - say 5 cm. instead of 5 mm.

Marcel.

I make and import SVG's regularly and rarely have issues other than those I cause myself in badly designing the SVG.
VCarvePro performs well in this issue.
Having said that, I just upgraded InkScape to its newest release ... fingers crossed.

Marcel.

In theory, unpowered stepper motors have ho 'hold' function, so weight could potentially move an axis. But in practice I have never seen it happen, like you did for 10 years. Can you dismount it easily to check any strange wear or damage ?

Marcel.

I like roosters mostly in my frying pan....

... but this is soooo well done. Thanks for sharing this, Russell. That is a true piece of art.

in full admiration,

Marcel

To verify whether the harder wood is the problem: just do a test run in plain MDF.

Fot the G-codes, here's a good list:
https://www.cnccookbook.com/g-code-m-co ... cnc-mills/

Marcel.