X Drag Causing Problems with Output Quality

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X Drag Causing Problems with Output Quality

Postby twehr » Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:07 pm

After my recent upgrades I found the engraving quality was not acceptable.

X Drag2.png

After a few hours of work, I discovered that there was considerable drag on the X axis - the laser head just did not move freely. Cleaning the bearings and wheels and the rails seems to have corrected it.

You can see a video and read a more detailed explanation here.
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