This is not the centerline I know...what happened?

[deemon328]

Hey everybody I dusted off my machine to do a little project for our upcoming family reunion. I just updated to v1.150 and did a simple centerline text. The carve took 37 minutes and ended up doing some kind of raster carve instead of the smooth centerline carve. Note the flat bottoms in the text rather than the crisp 60 degree angle.

Any ideas what I did wrong here? In designer, everything looked normal. Is there some new setting I didn't select?

Thanks for any help.

[cnsranch]

Looks like your board was slipping - check for that pesky rubber o-ring on the brass roller, board not warped, thickness the same throughout, etc.

[Digitalwoodshop]

I can't look at your .mpc as I still need to make money with my machine and didn't want to risk 1.150 yet.

Click on the text and see what bit is selected? Same with if you selected Raster?

Is your QC Worn OUT..... You may need a ROCK....

BB Marks on the bit holder?

Looking at your first picture I would select 25 on the spacing between the letters.

If that is maple I would use masking tape on the bottom of the board in a few places and along the brass roller path.

AL

[cnsranch]

Now that I'm looking at the mpc, that is really weird - c'line is selected ok, but what's carved is in a different font.....

[cnsranch]

Me again -

You have the 60v bit selected, is that the bit you used? Flat bottoms almost looks like you used the cutting bit...

[PCW]

V60 bit is selected in designer. What bit where you using?

Edit: Jerry you beat me to the punch.

[cnsranch]

Dan - and Al who -

Take a close look at the attached - I've never noticed it before, but if the white lines show how the bit will carve, that's his problem

And if so, that's REALLY weird.

[atauer]

That still has nothing to do with the flat bottom. By looking at the picutes, I would say that a flat bit is being used.

[cnsranch]

Something's still not right - the project should have taken a few minutes, not 37.

[PCW]

Jerry,

I see the weird lines when I use Centerline Text. I don't have a lot of experience with it because I just purchased it a couple of months ago. I just did a new project for a test and it looks the same as your attachment.

The carve just doesn't look like a V60 path. He may have selected a different bit at the machine when prompted.