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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Is this potentially an ESS Smoothstepper problem?
« on: March 08, 2023, 04:56:22 PM »Grasping at straws but it may be worth checking for backlash in the leadscrews.It is a good feeling to get these responses. The help IS appreciated.
Another test you may consider is to download and run a V-Carve letter produced with F-Engrave (free software). If that exhibits a similar fault it rules out any possible artifacts that could be caused by Vectric.
Tweakie.
I will check again for backlash, but after setting the machine right before I carved I did, and there was just zero movement on any axis I tried. Solid.
Perhaps I'm overstressing the machine, and slightly pushing the bit out of the path.
It's often difficult to figure out just what is the proper depth on each cut for the bit. It was an Amana carbide 90 degree v-carve bit.