Router is not reaching the stock I’m trying to cut. Router stays approximately 3/8" above the stock thats sitting on the waste board. Stock is 1/4" thick.
Pulleys and Belts are tight. I cleared all my zeros and machine was Homed.
I can Jog the router manually and then it touches the stock, starting at bottom left corner, but will not reach the the stock when I start cutting the job.
I have the same problem sometimes if I’m almost touching it doesn’t cut until it runs a bit. I have had to just pretty much have the bit sit on the material, but I’m new to CNC
Presuming you’re using Carbide Create, do you have the stock thickness defined properly and all your toolpath depths are correct? And you set your job zero properly?
If the above is OK there’s a Z-belt issue or you’re horribly out of calibration.
Since I’m new to CNC I think you might be right on the calibration part b/c I did everything else according to the tutorials. I will eventually figure this out.
thank you
If your machine is 3/8 off the part, it is NOT a calibration problem, is is most definitely a operator error. I HOPE you have watched some of the training videos to see where your error is.
PS A common newbie error: Incorrectly setting your X,Y and Z 0 positions. The Program 0 (X0, Y0 and Z0) and the setup 0 (X0, Y0 and Z0), needs to be EXACTLY the same.