Brand new Shapeoko 5 Pro: I performed some initial cuts over the weekend and noticed that the X axis has about 2mm of play–even when moved by hand–resulting in circular features appearing oblong. I had already tightened and re-tightened every screw on the machine. Thoughts?
Please check in w/ support@carbide3d.com — most likely it’s the DACs holding the plates/carriage/gantry to the screws.
I had the same problem it was the screws behind the z axis on the screw I didnt see those when i tightened everything
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Solved! (Many thanks to Brandon Lee.) I ended up removing the X/Y assembly from the X axis carrier plate to find that the four highlighted screws were backed almost all the way out. (Possibly to protect the ballscrew during shipping?) Tightened them down; now there’s zero play. Cheers!
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