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I've been getting some odd sounds lately, kind of a vibration/whine/grinding sound, particular when cutting in the -X (right to left) direction. 1. Workpiece is well secured with hold-downs on 4 corners 2. Workpiece is about 4" x 6", work area is about 3" x 3". 1/4" upcut spiral bit. I have cut this...

Thanks, so it sounds like my idea of running an outer perimeter will help quite a bit. Do you think that's what caused the jump?

I should add- the outer contour, I am cutting a very deep channel (1.5"), and the flutes only cover about an inch. It did happen at about the 25mm depth, so I'm wondering if the unfluted section of the bit pressing against the top of the channel could be an issue. So, I'm going to make a new round o...

I have had two runs where the X-axis suddenly jumps (the last one being +69mm, or you can think of the zero as changing -9mm) for no reason I can discern: 1. I verified workpiece did not move, not even 0.1mm 2. Seems to happen around where the +Z change occurs 3. Wouldn't seem to be 'slip', as (a) t...

When I start my project, my Shapeoko software (Carbide Motion) wants to send a huge Z-axis raise that isn't in my Gcode. I turned on the log and got the below. Nothing in my gcode file has a Z greater tha 0.5. Any help would be appreciated. When I load the project, it shows the wrong Z-extent as wel...

I bought a project package of drawings, but they are all 3D model (sketchup, DWG, DXF), and I can't open the DXF file in Inkscape or Carbide Create, as it appears they are 3D models. No other useful formats, I tried dinking around with Sketchup (the only thing I could open the file with, which shows...

Try this link now:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/djbwj65dwjxrz ... e.zip?dl=0

Thanks, am running the laptop on battery, which seems to be helping. Limits the length of my job, though.

On another forum, users were reporting loss of USB Communication to their machines( not Shapeoko ) when using a thumb drive USB drive. I've been using a thumb drive and a 2.4GHz logitech keyboard/mouse combo. Curious if others experiencing the drops are using thumb drives, wireless keyboards/mice o...

I did get one failure after some time, so now I have also soldered an earth/ground on the SO3 board that connects the USB shield to the board. I believe this is what the SO team are also trying in the 'lab' On mine I have put Alu tape over the top of the control board mount, connected the X,Y,Z met...