JuicyCarp
02-26-2013, 07:47 AM
Good morning! As always I appreciate any feedback you may provide!
I am having an issue, and I think I might know the cause but I am unsure. I am using a C machine with approx. 200 hours on it. My two most recent carves have presented an issue that I can only try to articulate in hopes that someone might recognize the problem. I would have included pictures, but I already sanded out the issue the best I could.
Imagine you were doing a carve of nothing but a rectangular carved region in the center of the board; let’s say its .25” deep with a 1/8” feather. This should be no issue, as almost all of my carves this far have had this component in their design. However lately, as the project lay in the CW, the left side of the carved region displays several anomalies. It appears that sometimes the bit travels slightly too far, carving small grooves into the edge of the carved region, and sometimes the border of the carved region is very sloppy, not straight at all.
My assumption is that this is occurring perhaps because the Y drive timing belt may need to be tightened, but I don’t know why that would cause the issues only on the left side. I need to replace my carving bit, so while I am at it I am going to replace both the y and z drive belts, but before I do I thought I would see if there might be a different part that is the problem.
Kevin
I am having an issue, and I think I might know the cause but I am unsure. I am using a C machine with approx. 200 hours on it. My two most recent carves have presented an issue that I can only try to articulate in hopes that someone might recognize the problem. I would have included pictures, but I already sanded out the issue the best I could.
Imagine you were doing a carve of nothing but a rectangular carved region in the center of the board; let’s say its .25” deep with a 1/8” feather. This should be no issue, as almost all of my carves this far have had this component in their design. However lately, as the project lay in the CW, the left side of the carved region displays several anomalies. It appears that sometimes the bit travels slightly too far, carving small grooves into the edge of the carved region, and sometimes the border of the carved region is very sloppy, not straight at all.
My assumption is that this is occurring perhaps because the Y drive timing belt may need to be tightened, but I don’t know why that would cause the issues only on the left side. I need to replace my carving bit, so while I am at it I am going to replace both the y and z drive belts, but before I do I thought I would see if there might be a different part that is the problem.
Kevin