I’m reaching out because I’ve been having issues with my machine and haven’t been able to fix them. A few days ago, I was working on a project and, by accident, the router hit one of the clamps. Since then, I’ve been experiencing problems with the cuts.
As you can see in the attached image, when trying to cut a circle, the cuts come out uneven, and starting from the second pass, the router shifts to the right with each pass. I’ve tried many possible solutions, but I still haven’t been able to resolve the issue.
I need to finish a project for my son’s birthday, and I’m really desperate. If anyone can help me, I would be deeply grateful.
What machine are you running? If it is a Long Mill, do you have limit switches? If it is a Long Mill and you do not have limit switches, run the machine in Y all the way to the back of the travel. It will make a terrible noise. No worries. Be sure both sides are all the way back.
Even when limit switches are installed on a longmill it is possible to get the y-axis in a non-parallel configuration as there is only one limit switch for both rails so gwiki advise is still valid. Another possibility is that you are skipping steps in the open loop stepper motors, check all of your v-wheels/backlash nut to ensure proper setup.
To me it looks like you have a binding x-axis when the x-axis switches direction. Does the machine sound like it’s producing Deatch metal grunt sounds? I guess you hitting the clamp might have mechanically changed something that does not bode well with the machine settings.
Can it be that your machine has become a bit out of square?
Can you jog x at high speed along the length of the axis without it grunting?
