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Did you probe off the bed? If so, have you got the correct material thickness in the set up page? What do you mean 20% chip load?
Step files?
I would just re-install Windows..
Well, you could try clamping a piece of scrap wood in that area so that the scrap takes the hit rather than the work piece. I bet the left side is...
When I built my machine I ran the lead screw through both the nut blocks while they were still un-tightened. I then gradually nipped up the...
1 meter per second?
2500 axis speed is a decent starting point. I'm not sure what benefit there is in very fast axis rates because you would have to drop your cut...
It takes me about 30-40 seconds to change a bit and probe it and maybe 50-60 secs if I need a collet change as well. The question is, how much...
What size mounting clamp would that Stepcraft need?
Indeed, and option 2 is invaluable if you need to do tiling on those large sheets.
When you spin a stepper motor by hand, it generates a current that can damage a driver chip it one is not careful.
Does the inch/mm parameter in "settings" not help? I use OpenCNCpilot for PCB milling, have you tried that?
You struggled with Sketchup? Oh well :) No, Sketchup is just for CAD - you can then choose whatever CAM program you like, to do the toolpathing.
You just take up the slack in the nut blocks to remove the backlash but not too tight (obviously) to bind the leadscrew.
Makes you wonder whether Fusion is worth bothering with sometimes, For a home shop CNC, Sketchup does it all for me and machining problems are a...
You should still check the GRBL settings - it can happen that the EEPROM gets corrupted in some circumstances. Post them here if you can.
What set up do you have?
It's doing what the g-code is telling it, so yes, it looks like the file has been created in mm.
