This is my finished design. Im not sure at what Point I am causing an issue for this. But it obviously doesnt work. Does anyone think it could be a design issue? HELP!
Yes, they are. I have had issues with the couplers being too tight before and bowing out my lead screw. Maybe I should tighten them up just a little more?
the way to check is to put a piece of tape on the drive screw and on the couple ad on the motor shaft…and then see after a few dry run tests if they slip…
no by the picture it looks like you torch is off to one side…make sure it is not hitting anything and bumping the torch
“Contour method” should also be set to “Outside Offset”, this would dictate that lead-ins for holes are on the inside of holes, and lead-ins for the extremities are at the outside of the perimeter cut.
I used tape, nothing moved. However, I stopped it in the letter process, it does the RA first, but then it does the C and I right on top of the R and A… no torch. Torch turns back on when it goes to the E
Torch isn’t hitting anything, It does look odd like that but that’s the way it wants to sit.
I stopped the machine once the name was finished. This looks better, but it still isnt working quite well. Not sure what that issue is with my E… and it didn’t even cut the R.
Your X axis coupler is slipping badly. All of the couplers should be as tight as you can get them. You shouldn’t be loosening couplers to prevent the lead screw from bowing. If its bowing that badly, you may have the X and Y mounts switched. They are different sizes.
Is there a reason why you have mixed units (inches and millimeters) in your tool setup? They should be all one or the other. The post processor puts a G20(inches) or G21(metric) code at the beginning of the program to tell the program that the numerical values are either inches or millimeters. I’m not sure if Firecontrol interprets speeds separately from coordinates, but its never a good idea to mix metric and imperial measurements.
I have no idea why there are mixed units. Its pretty frustrating. I don’t see a pop up at the beginning of the program to allow for those changes. I’ll look in settings?
if you clicked on his DXF file it would download to your download folder…then use sheetcam to go to the download file then make sure it is set to DXF and you willsee the file.
