Chasing Accuracy Issues

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Calibrate for belt stretch?

Calibrating the machines over long distances

The typical technique for machine calibration: depends on precision measuring tools, and is limited by the reach of the tools in question. EDIT: It also depends on access to the MDI — if using Carbide Motion v6 it will be necessary to enable this in Settings | Options: [image] It should be possible to cut strips from a suitable blank of material, one along each axis — so we set up a square file which matches an available blank of material: [image] and put in suitable geometry and assig…