Unilaterism vs X-Swing > how can i improve results
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:20 am
Hello,
i use the lo x7 for my buildlog laser and it works fine. Howewer - from the beginning i had problems with x-swing. Even at very slow speeds (100) i get some small offset. There is no play in the gantry (i checked everything twice) but the problem still exists. I bought better drivers and I tried playing around with the settings in cutting backlash and engrave reverse offset but it did not improve things. There was an effect but i tried values from 0.01 to 0.3 in 0.01 steps and no one even comes close to the quality of unilaterism (btw there should be some kind of option for a "testprint" with even smaller steps). You can see what i mean on the attached image. This is really important for me so any help is appreciated (Marco?). It does not make very much sense to me: If the x-axis can laser from left to right, turn back to the start position and start a new line on the exacty right position. Why can't this be done in x-swing. Especially at low speeds when you can hardly use the word swing.
thank you so much for your help,
tm
i use the lo x7 for my buildlog laser and it works fine. Howewer - from the beginning i had problems with x-swing. Even at very slow speeds (100) i get some small offset. There is no play in the gantry (i checked everything twice) but the problem still exists. I bought better drivers and I tried playing around with the settings in cutting backlash and engrave reverse offset but it did not improve things. There was an effect but i tried values from 0.01 to 0.3 in 0.01 steps and no one even comes close to the quality of unilaterism (btw there should be some kind of option for a "testprint" with even smaller steps). You can see what i mean on the attached image. This is really important for me so any help is appreciated (Marco?). It does not make very much sense to me: If the x-axis can laser from left to right, turn back to the start position and start a new line on the exacty right position. Why can't this be done in x-swing. Especially at low speeds when you can hardly use the word swing.
thank you so much for your help,
tm
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