MikeyH
September 23, 2024, 6:32pm
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** Some useful links…
HI there again. I have a new problem now. I tried using the Rotary device with lightburn and my design came out very stretched out. I have a chuck rotary device. I the circumfrence of 240mm, diameter was calculated by the software to be approx 76mm. The design was supposed to be 2.7 h x 3.5 W. When I engraved it, the width was really strtched out, but the height seems to be fine. Any clues/suggestions?
TIA
Deborah
I now have both a Chuck and a Roller rotary unit. I have done some testing in an effort to make some sense of the needed settings. The Chuck rotary is an xTool RA2 Pro and the Roller rotary is an Atezr KR. Both machines used are the Sculpfun S30 Pro and the SF-A9 (GRBL controllers). Because most rotary units use the same size stepper motor, this information may be relevant to nearly all setups. But no warranty.
I will not get into all the stuff you have to switch when attaching the rotary here.…
** And some useful information…
The rotary has no limit switches, so you cannot use Home or Auto-home on startup.
There is no limit to how many times the rotary can rotate. If Soft or Hard limits are enabled, it is easy to travel (rotate) beyond the machine mechanical limit.
Don’t forget to reset the parameters when switching back to non-rotary operation.