Cutting Off Path

[hillmurph16]

Whenever I use my Glowforge Aura to cut, the first cut is perfect, but the rest go off path. Any ideas what could be causing and how to fix?

[evansd2]

With the aura it is extremely important that you keep your rails and bushings clean. You can find cleaning instructions here in number 17:

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The conventional wisdom is that there really isn’t such a thing as cleaning the rails and bushings too often in an Aura/Spark. Some people claimed between every single job, because once the rails are dirty enough to cause a problem like this, the job is ruined and it’s too late.