Engraving leaving spots and not lining up

[bill.m.davis]

Is this a focus height issue?

You said you took out the crumb tray. Did you place something else under the wood? Or is the wood 1.5-2.0 inches thick?

You might try this:

Presenting the Focus Height Ruler (colonial edition)

(10/23/'20 Edit - I added a double-sided version here.) I present for your consideration - the Focus Height Ruler (cubic Smoots per Wiffle version, I might do a metric one later…) [image] FILE IS HERE → focus height ruler.svg.zip (6.9 KB) (Three steps - Engrave the numbers, Score the lines, & Cut) As focus height should be entered above where the crumb tray bed should be, this can be handy for determining that measurement when the bed is not there - or just to check your material thickness…