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  1. #1
    Hi, I finally dug my machine out and got it running, have a DDCSV 2.1 on the machine now

    What's going wrong?

    Mechanical or software?

    It's meant to look like this
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    I cut it once, let the cut finish. Turned the power off and on again to machine and then repeated the same cut again next to it to see if I was losing steps.

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    2 cuts look identical to me.

    I used Fusion 360 to generate the Gcode.

    I have AM882's which have fault protection and if you drive them too fast they do fault but running the cut very slow 1m/min not getting any faults
    Adaptive clearing and contour for finishing pass.
    Last edited by Desertboy; 17-02-2020 at 03:58 PM.
    http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/10880...60cm-work-area My first CNC build WIP 120cm*80cm

    If you didn't buy it from China the company you bought it from did ;)

  2. #2
    Things I have already done

    Replaced the couplings they were crappy Flexible ones with semi crappy ones
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    Replaced one of my motors with a new 3nm one for the gantry as that was 2nd hand and underpowered, I also have 2 4nm cnc4you ones to drop on the bottom axis which has 2*1.8nm on it at the moment and I will swap one of the motors from my bottom axis onto the Z which has a 1.2nm 2nd hand motor.

    Which won't help but at least it'll cut wrong a bit quicker.

    Made sure the wiring is grounded from the spindle and the Nema's to the GX20 plugs and grounded the wiring from spindle to GX20 socket. The GX20 sockets are mounted on a metal plate that's grounded.

    Checked the soldering and continuity from stepper driver to Nema motors.
    Last edited by Desertboy; 17-02-2020 at 04:26 PM.
    http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/10880...60cm-work-area My first CNC build WIP 120cm*80cm

    If you didn't buy it from China the company you bought it from did ;)

  3. #3
    What cutter are you using and what is the stepover?

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  5. #4
    Your passes look flat-bottomed as if you were using a square end mill instead of ball nose.

  6. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by cropwell View Post
    What cutter are you using and what is the stepover?
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B073RKDLDR/

    This is the cutter I set it up as a 6mm D 25mm cut length, 2 flute end mill in Fusion

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    Run speed full speed, not set up speed control I only intend to do wood and maybe a one off make myself new aluminum plates if I make ever another machine.
    http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/10880...60cm-work-area My first CNC build WIP 120cm*80cm

    If you didn't buy it from China the company you bought it from did ;)

  7. #6
    That's a roughing operation. You've set it to leave 0.5mm so you can come back with a finish pass using a ball nose bit or something else.

  8. #7
    OK, it looks as though you are getting steps because the stepover (not stepdown) is too big for a flat bottomed end mill. Try a round nose cutter with a final pass stepover of 10% or less. I don't use Fusion so I don't know the setup parameter screens.

    It looks a bit like you are not getting past the roughing cuts.
    Last edited by cropwell; 17-02-2020 at 05:00 PM.

  9. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by Nealieboyee View Post
    That's a roughing operation. You've set it to leave 0.5mm so you can come back with a finish pass using a ball nose bit or something else.
    I also have a contour operation nextClick image for larger version. 

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    If you didn't buy it from China the company you bought it from did ;)

  10. #9
    Quote Originally Posted by Nealieboyee View Post
    Your passes look flat-bottomed as if you were using a square end mill instead of ball nose.
    I am but it's setup up as
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    If you didn't buy it from China the company you bought it from did ;)

  11. #10
    What is your step over amount?

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