[nimming]

I want to use Corel from my main desktop which has XP pro,
Apparently Moshi is not compatible with pro & I have had to put XP home on a separate computer operating the engraver.
Any help on how to overcome this?

Also I think I have a bad stepper motor, any suggestions on how to confirm this or where to find a new one?

Currently rebuilding the carriage head as it is flimsy, & out of alignment

[Tweakie]

You are not wrong about that being out of alignment. Was it built that way or did it occur in transit ?.

Tweakie.

[nimming]

Apparently it was built that way

[DaveDoesIT]

That amount of alignment error is not all that important unless it is on the first mirror. I would leave it alone.

The stepper, what symptoms? How long is this piece of string?

Swap the X and Y cables and see if the problem follows the cable ro stays with the motor?

[nimming]

I went ahead & lowered the mirror on the carriage to the same plane as the other mirror (taking apporx 3.5mm of the standoffs)
I did numerous passes with the laser on strong enough to burn paper
Once I was sure the items I was going to engrave were in the correct location I did another pass with the laser power increased, the result was terrible. see photo( the bottom text reads "Original, 5 passes)
Why would the laser power increase affect the movement of the carriage/stepper motor?

[Tweakie]

Purely a guess but increasing the laser power setting will increase the current draw on the whole system and perhaps your stepper driver / drivers are being starved of the power they require.

Tweakie.

[Tweakie]

On second thoughts it looks like you have a ghost image perhaps caused by a reflection from part of the final mirror/lens housing. Try realigning the beam position through the lens.

Tweakie.

[nimming]

So I thought it was a humorous translation error when I discovered the zoom in & zoom out in Moshi were the opposite of what they were labeled.

I went to swap the X & Y motor wires, but didn't have enough length in the "X" motor so I decided to simply disconnect & see how thing ran. (The PCB has the X axis motor label)

But apparently there are more problems with the way things are labelled.

when the X axis is disconnected from the PCB it continues to run.....(Y does the same)

Thank you for the feed back so far