Strange thing happen

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rod409
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Strange thing happen

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I was doing a Photo v carve and it was going along attachment]good until it decided to take a nose dive into the wood. Not sure what cause it. see attachment. Maybe it the gcode in the file.
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Re: Strange thing happen

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Was it visible in the preview? If not then you are looking for a machine issue.
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Hi Rod,

In the photo itself, is there a black (or very dark) region at that location? If so, the bit will carve deeply there.

As Randall asked - did that also show up in your Toolpath Preview before you ran the job?
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Re: Strange thing happen

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No, not that I can recalled. not sure why it did that. I re-did the gcode and ran it on a different software and it came out find. Here what the preview look like.
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Hi Rod,

Thank you for the follow-up. Glad it worked OK the second time.
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