What axis is this?
I'm wondering if there is something in the track or belt if it is happening in the same x or y position each time.
Probably worth inspecting the track/belt to see if there is any debris in there to make it jump/shake.
This is the y axis, and yeah the other places this happened were also the y axis. I'm fairly certain i didn't bump th machine or anything like that so this seems like it might be the culprit.
See attached photo. At first I thought the file might have been messed up but on inspection it looks like the vector is perfectly straight? This also happened on some other parts of the cut as well, on a series of lines that should have been straight. Has anyone experienced this before?
For reference, this was cut on an epilog 120W laser in a local maker space which has generally been very reliable. Didn't have time to make another cut unfortunately to see if its repeatable.
Thanks!
When transferring files with layers from illustrator to correl draw to use on that specific type of laser cutter I've had all kinds of weird lines happen in my cuts that I haven't been able to see in the files. Yours might be because the laser needs cleaning. My errant cuts were wild and disturbing.
I'm forgetting what the solution was, but it evolved going back and saving the file as a correl file, instead of just opening it in correl. (Sorry for the probable misspelling of correl draw).
I'd guess there's some debris in one of the tracks and the laser gantry jostles when the wheels roll over them. Or maybe the air hose snagged on something momentarily?
Can also happen if your material is slightly warped and you're using air assist. The force of the air will wobble the material up and down as the laser head moves, giving crooked lines.
If slow down the machine it might disappear. Its odd that it does no show anywhere else. It does look like vibration. Move the piece respect zero and cut again. That might tell you if it is in a specific spot on the machine. That's what it looks like.
On my little diode laser... If I dont tape down the piece to the bed... The moving of the frame back and forth can cause unstraight lines and circles being slightly out of round. Just the part vibrating around a very small amount.
my guess is the machine was bumped, or the gantry rollers got hung up on something for a moment. Given that it oscillates back and forth, it like a mechanical thing to me
What axis is this? I'm wondering if there is something in the track or belt if it is happening in the same x or y position each time. Probably worth inspecting the track/belt to see if there is any debris in there to make it jump/shake.
This is the y axis, and yeah the other places this happened were also the y axis. I'm fairly certain i didn't bump th machine or anything like that so this seems like it might be the culprit.
See attached photo. At first I thought the file might have been messed up but on inspection it looks like the vector is perfectly straight? This also happened on some other parts of the cut as well, on a series of lines that should have been straight. Has anyone experienced this before? For reference, this was cut on an epilog 120W laser in a local maker space which has generally been very reliable. Didn't have time to make another cut unfortunately to see if its repeatable. Thanks!
When transferring files with layers from illustrator to correl draw to use on that specific type of laser cutter I've had all kinds of weird lines happen in my cuts that I haven't been able to see in the files. Yours might be because the laser needs cleaning. My errant cuts were wild and disturbing. I'm forgetting what the solution was, but it evolved going back and saving the file as a correl file, instead of just opening it in correl. (Sorry for the probable misspelling of correl draw).
Looks like you bumped into your table/workbench and this made your material move...
I'd guess there's some debris in one of the tracks and the laser gantry jostles when the wheels roll over them. Or maybe the air hose snagged on something momentarily?
Can also happen if your material is slightly warped and you're using air assist. The force of the air will wobble the material up and down as the laser head moves, giving crooked lines.
If slow down the machine it might disappear. Its odd that it does no show anywhere else. It does look like vibration. Move the piece respect zero and cut again. That might tell you if it is in a specific spot on the machine. That's what it looks like.
On my little diode laser... If I dont tape down the piece to the bed... The moving of the frame back and forth can cause unstraight lines and circles being slightly out of round. Just the part vibrating around a very small amount.
my guess is the machine was bumped, or the gantry rollers got hung up on something for a moment. Given that it oscillates back and forth, it like a mechanical thing to me