I currently have the MK2/4 board on my OX. The issue that I am having is while doing a profile cut with several passes, the final pass is slightly off which leaves a "ring" around the entire profile. All previous passes are perfectly flush other than the last pass. I have generated gcode with Makercam along with Vcarve pro and I get the same results. To me it seems it cant be the machine since all previous passes are in perfect alignment. I have attached a photo of the problem I am talking about. Not sure if anyone else has run into this issue. To me it seems its a software problem. I am quite the novice to cnc and Gcode so please bare with me.
Thats what I thought as well. Just the opposite of a finishing pass. It seems to only happen when cutting font or complex shapes.
I tried reading it the best that I could and it appears that the next layer is the same as the previous.
Thickness of the material is .5 inches. I have it cut .6 to get all the way through. Cutting .15 each pass
Cutter comp was not changed. Is this G40, 41 and 42 in the code? I will take a look to see if the values change
Sounds to me like flex, I have noticed this with the ox worsening when bolts have worked loose. At its worst I've even ended up with a taper. This I expect is more likely when climb milling, as when mortising you get both types of cuts, and I assume that the conventional cutting on the opposite side to the part is more efficient at removing material than on the climb milled part side, causing the cutter to pull itself away. Giving you the ring or taper all the way around a part. And the deeper you go the more flex you get so the effect is exponential. I'd suggest checking all your nuts n bolts, bolting the x profiles together and raising the bed and see if the problem still exists. Good luck.
Sorry I have just seen the pic, which doesn't actually look like the issue I raised. Does indeed look like a gcode issue. are you using lead in/out? Looks as though you have a lead in missing on final pass.
Still havent been able to figure it out. Complete ring around the entire part. I do not use a lead in/out. Seems to only do it on complex shapes or curves. A standard square pocket it does not do it but if i were to pocket out letter it will. Im trying to get an answer over at the planet cnc forum with no luck.
I would suggest posting the gcode here and one of the fine fellows here may be able to diagnose it for you.
