DudleyAz
07-03-2009, 01:05 PM
Okay all you Carvewright guru's... I need some help please.
I am a new Carvewright user, with only a couple of projects under my belt, but those have worked out just fine. I am trying to carve a simple plaque, with lettering and an edge route. The wood is loaded into a sled that has worked well for me before.
For some unknown reason, the very first carve of the board on this project is going WAY to deep, plunging the 1/16 carve bit almost up to the shank, which then immediately bogs down and pulls the bit out of the router... YIKES! I have tried it twice with the same results, and I am afraid to try anything again, as I don't want to damage the machine.
The machine goes through the surface finding, bit loading, and homing process with no problem. I am selecting for it to 'stay under rollers', to NOT 'cut board to size', and to center to the project. I have looked at the project file multiple times, and can't figure out why it would be plunging that deep. No cut should be more than .2 inches deep, yet it is going a full .75 at least. I have tried it with the project board thickness set accurately(.75), and even set it thinner (.68 )incase there was a problem there... same result.
One other note; I also moved the edge route from the last item carved to the first item to see if that caused a difference. After homing both bits, the machine still went directly to the 1/16 carve bit and went way to deep again??
If one of you experts (yes, I am sucking up ;) ) could take a look at the file and see if you can figure it out, I would be very gratefull!
I am a new Carvewright user, with only a couple of projects under my belt, but those have worked out just fine. I am trying to carve a simple plaque, with lettering and an edge route. The wood is loaded into a sled that has worked well for me before.
For some unknown reason, the very first carve of the board on this project is going WAY to deep, plunging the 1/16 carve bit almost up to the shank, which then immediately bogs down and pulls the bit out of the router... YIKES! I have tried it twice with the same results, and I am afraid to try anything again, as I don't want to damage the machine.
The machine goes through the surface finding, bit loading, and homing process with no problem. I am selecting for it to 'stay under rollers', to NOT 'cut board to size', and to center to the project. I have looked at the project file multiple times, and can't figure out why it would be plunging that deep. No cut should be more than .2 inches deep, yet it is going a full .75 at least. I have tried it with the project board thickness set accurately(.75), and even set it thinner (.68 )incase there was a problem there... same result.
One other note; I also moved the edge route from the last item carved to the first item to see if that caused a difference. After homing both bits, the machine still went directly to the 1/16 carve bit and went way to deep again??
If one of you experts (yes, I am sucking up ;) ) could take a look at the file and see if you can figure it out, I would be very gratefull!