HELP! Misalignment on Cut

[Sweetllyg]

Hi All,

I have cleaned the camera and the head with lens wipes. I have restarted, unpluged, closed out browser, and still it keeps cutting wrong. In the image you can see where the placement was vs the cut, and how it does weird off cuts as well.

What Can I try next to get this properly aligned??

[rvogt]

What machine do you have? If it’s the aura, it requires cleaning the rails often…also, if you’re trying to ‘align’ to what’s there, you can recut IF you don’t move your material at all. After the cut, mine looks off as well but will cut in the same place regardless if it looks off IF you don’t move the material. The camera is a fisheye of sorts and distorts where it looks like it’s going to cut.

[Sweetllyg]

I have the aura. I cleaned the rails by passing a baby wipe along the gray bars (anything else?) and this isn’t a 2nd cut. Its the first it does a second pass I guess where it miss aligns itself. Its not consistently doing the if cut either but doing more often. And I really dont want to keep wasting material.

Also if you look at the picture its shifting the cut to start to the left.

[dklgood]

Are you setting focus before placing your design? What material are you trying to cut? Have you ever cut anything that was not misaligned? Are you moving the printhead with the machine on?

[Sweetllyg]

I’ve cleaned it in and off. Assuming I should make sure its off.

I have cut successfully and not.

[dklgood]

Since you have cut successfully, the machine is probably functioning as it should. Keeping the rails clear of debris will help when multiple passes are needed. Understanding the limitations of the lid camera will help with user errors. You can set focus multiple times and in multiple places before clicking print to help with alignment when you are placing your design. The machine “knows” where the printhead is located based on the software. If the printhead is moved manually with the machine on, the machine has no idea that the printhead is not where it thinks that it is. It will move the printhead relative to where it thinks the printhead is located rather than its actual location.

[rvogt]

What he says :-). If you need to make multiple passes, you may want to set it to 1 pass, open the lid, clean the rails and repeat…Also, if it’s MDF, that’s probably the dirtiest product to use and will need cleaning more often. Most clean in between each project.

[ca_worth]

Seconded!!! MDF just makes a mess

[evansd2]

@rvogt

dirtiest product

Stamp rubber is worse imho

[rvogt]

I do have to agree. I just don’t do a lot of rubber stamps. Not sure why because they are cool to do!