Having an Issue during Fill engraving. Using a X-Tool D1 10w. This keeps happening over and over again, driving me insane and ruining work/material. I’m getting a very faint line on the X axis ONLY. I have tried setting my Line Interval from 800 to 600 and even on 500, and I still get the faint line running horizontal across the entire design, regardless of size. Its random across the piece, as I have ran the exact same item several times. This is quarter sewn Oak, but does it on Baltic Burch and Pine as well as other material. The only way I have been able to eliminate it, is by doing a cross hatch etch, but I prefer not to use a cross hatch. Im totally confused. My Lens is clean, and my machine isnt ran that often so I dont think anything is “Worn Out”. Any thoughts? BTW: These pieces are as big as a business card (refridge magnets)
You say it’s random across multiple pieces. Any chance those pieces were in different places on the bed and the line is always the same place relative to machine 0?
I see a periodic variation in line spacing that would suggest to me something in the belt/pulley or roller/rail interacting…and then a big “bump”. “Big” being relative, of course. That band is, what, less than a millimeter wide? A broken belt tooth, or divot in a rail, or piece of debris in the belt, or something…
Thanx Chris. I woke up this morning thinking the same thing, that maybe one of my Y Axis belts lost a cog teeth, or something. Upon further examination I noticed the right side Y Axis belt was extreemly loose. I tightened it, and am now running another test. I did not notice anything noticebly wrong with the belt other than that. 'Ill know in 45 min if that fixed it. Im running it of course without cross hatch. Fingers crossed. Thanx again Kind Sir !
After running 3 more etches, and moving the item around to different spots on the laser bed that I knew gave me troubles, all is well now after tightening the belt…Life is good again…
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