Cuts are not as designed

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6 years 1 month ago #183670 by Aldenflorio
I’m still fine tuning my newly “finished” plasma. So I’ve only really been cutting lines and basic shapes. My machine seems to have problems with circles though, they don’t match up and there’s just some weird lines going on. But it cuts squares perfect, it’s square, and it scaling is perfect. Could the issue be the design software? I’m using librecad, then dxf2gcode

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6 years 1 month ago #183679 by thefabricator03
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What kind of drive system does your machine use? Direct drive steppers?

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6 years 1 month ago #183681 by Aldenflorio
Direct drive with stepper motors is correct

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6 years 1 month ago #183682 by thefabricator03
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Have a look at this thread, forum.linuxcnc.org/plasma-laser/38777-ap...-step-errors?start=0

Particularly the post by tommylight.

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6 years 1 month ago #183692 by tommylight
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Pictures ?

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6 years 1 month ago #183713 by Aldenflorio

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6 years 1 month ago #183714 by tommylight
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One of the axis has backlash of about 1mm.
And please upload the pictures here, not on external sites.

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6 years 1 month ago #183715 by Aldenflorio

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How do I find out which axis and how do I fix that?

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6 years 1 month ago #183717 by tommylight
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while the machine is powered on and the motors are locked, move each axis by hand, they should not move. Also check the pulleys as one of them might be loose.

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6 years 1 month ago #183719 by Aldenflorio
It’s direct drive, so I have a gear rack and gears. I’ll check in a few hours. How would I fix that?

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