I’m having a issue where after 30 mins-hour of use, the X movement starts to sound raspy, like there is grit in the cog that holds the belt or the bearings.
I use a brush, then blow it out with compressed air, then use a high performance silicone lubricant. this fixes the problem and gets rid of the gritty sounds but I have to do it every time I use the machine. is this normal?
I thought it could be the fan, its always extracting, however is does look a little weak. The smoke/dust slowly moves out of the bed area.
If anyone has some insights, that would be very handy.
That would be my guess. Weak extraction fan allowing the smoke/dust to linger just long enough to settle. My machine is homemade, that being said the first exhaust fan I used allowed things to get dusty super fast like within an hour of on and off use, I returned it got a more powerful fan and now it takes hours of cut time to get that dirty. It didn’t cause any issues with the axis though, but i made the change quickly.
In a word, No. I would reach back to the nice folks at AEON for support and troubleshooting procedures to track down why this is happening. You should be able to run for hours at a stretch without having any “sound raspy, like there is grit in the cog that holds the belt or the bearings.”.
Sound 2 is the way it should be, nice and smooth motion, free from any noise that sounds like grinding.
I’m not sure exactly what’s going on in that cut, but it sure seems as if the smoke flow is to the side rather than the rear of the bed. Poor cross flow, but also pretty massive alignment structure.