Y axis not square

[GeoffSteer]

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X-Axis cut not staying square to Y Axis

Hi All, I spent yesterday evening measuring diagonals and trying to get everything squared up on my XCarve. Thought I had done pretty well, but this morning when I did a test cut I noticed that I still am having a problem with my horizontal cuts. When cutting 500 mm from left to right, at the right end of the cut it is about 2 mm higher than at the beginning. This results in a shape that is just slightly less than square. Cuts in the Y-Axis seem to be perfectly straight and square to the ta…

Phil Johnson Build

You’ve obviously done your research. Take your time assembling, you’ll thank yourself later. Enjoy

TIme for another alignment/calibration

Most of the jobs I’ve been doing on the X-Carve have been small < 300mm square or so and I’ve noticed no problems with level or alignment. The other day, I wanted to cut a much bigger piece, about 600mm square (enclosure for my 3d printer) so I added a bump stop by fastening down a square of Masonite and then cutting off the excess to make an L shaped corner piece. This is where I found out that the cut wasn’t at 90 °. Checking the spacing at the Y axis plates with the carriage fully forward sho…