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17 Jan 2021 14:15 #195663 by rafaello
in order to align the axes I edited the SCALE parameter in the my-machine.ini file. but after that, instead of a circle, an oval was milled. The difference in diameter at a size of 160 mm is 3 mm. Moreover, this difference is only diagonally, along the axes everything is exactly in the size of 160mm. Can the axes be corrected in another place?
in the attachment my configs. I specially cut the cardboard to eliminate backlash of the machine

[AXIS_0]
SCALE = -228.5
[AXIS_1]
SCALE = -229.4


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17 Jan 2021 15:01 #195670 by tommylight
Replied by tommylight on topic oval instead of a circle
Is it using belts on the Y axis ?
Seems like a +-1mm slop in Y.

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17 Jan 2021 15:33 #195675 by rafaello
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no belts.metal screws and nuts without backlash

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17 Jan 2021 16:05 #195684 by tommylight
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Pictures, videos would help, otherwise we have not much to go on.

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17 Jan 2021 16:09 #195686 by PCW
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If the oval major/minor axis are aligned to the diagonal
rather than X or Y, that suggests that your X/Y axis are
not square (not at 90 degrees)
The following user(s) said Thank You: andypugh, rafaello

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17 Jan 2021 17:31 #195691 by rafaello
Replied by rafaello on topic oval instead of a circle
exactly! you're right! at a length of 30 cm, the drift towards the axis turned out to be slightly more than half a centimeter.

I have already aligned the Y-axis a bit (by eye) and the difference in the size of the circle has decreased from 3 to 1 mm. I think that it is necessary to make 90 degrees more precisely and then the problem will go away completely

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18 Jan 2021 20:24 #195819 by Todd Zuercher
Mark out the largest square that your machine travels can support. (You don't have to mill the square, just mark the corner points.) Measure the diagonals. Add just the the X Y angle until the diagonals between the corners measure as close to equal as you can measure.

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19 Jan 2021 14:23 #195894 by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic oval instead of a circle
Or use a large square and a dial indicator.
First set the square on the bed parallel to X, then lock it down and adjust the Y to be parallel to the other side of the square.

One of these would be ideal.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Starrett-81923-Master...e-A-NR6/293343397204
:-)

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