Same layer and settings on number 1 and 2. Using 24w diode machine.
When i use the kerf setting on the small slots, number 2 on the picture.
The parts for the house fits perfect, the pieces snaps right into each other and stay there.
When i use the same kerf settings on the big slot, number 1.
It its too loose. It falls apart.
What can cause this?
I have checked the joints with Shape Measurements tool and its is correct.
Checked with a friend om mine and he uses 0 kerf on bigger slots, that solves the problem. Anybody else having this issue?
And he says that the pitched roof also causes some strange problems sometimes.
Horizontal and vertical cuts works fine, but when it comes to pitched cuts there is another fit.
A diode beam is rectangular. So, as orientation of the cuts changes, so does the kerf. It’s maddening if you have an especially wide beam (.9x.15-ish, like me). At 35-ish degree angles, my kerf is something around .25mm. On X-parallel cuts, it’s a smidge under .15. (Kerf is larger than actual beam). If you demand close fit and can’t orient your cuts, you pretty much have to note your kerf range and design the tabs and slots for the specific orientation.
I think this is most likely due to the fact that the beam coming out of a laser diode is typically rectangular rather than round. Consequently you’re likely to experience differences in fit depending on the orientation of the slots and tabs. Diagonal kerf will be the widest.
With the same kerf as i had on the whole project earlier today.
Now the big slot fits much better, it does not fall apart.
Number 1 on the first picture.
Why is this happening?
Can there be some settings that is hanging in the background or something else that causes this?
