Things were going well when this happened. Z went crazy in the middle of a cut. The picture shows how things were great, then all of a sudden it went to trash. Any help out there.
Thank you, Graham
Things were going well when this happened. Z went crazy in the middle of a cut. The picture shows how things were great, then all of a sudden it went to trash. Any help out there.
Thank you, Graham
Graham…
It looks similar to an issue I had when the down blast of warm air from my router dried out the damper interior of the board during a very long (timewise) cut. The solution, for me, was to re zero the Z axis a few thousandths lower after completing the cut and running it again.
SG
Thank you Steve. I was afraid the machine lost Z midway through the cut. 5 hour cut.
Graham
Collett slipping? I've had that happen a few times. A dirty collett can cause all kinds of problems. I clean colletts thoroughly after each bit change.
Don
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I am leaning towards steve g's answer, as the cut is made stresses change and the wood moves. I have that happen a lot with my wooden signs. I would do a roughing pass with a large bit and go to finish it will save a lot of time too.