WillAdams
June 16, 2022, 9:15pm
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Start by verifying that the machine is mechanically sound and everything is square/trammed — if everything checks out mechanically, calibrate for belt stretch:
The typical technique for machine calibration:
https://my.carbide3d.com/faq/belt-stretch/
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:
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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:
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