I recently purchased the Roland JWX-10 to use in making jewerly item wax models. Despite many conversations with both the manufacturer and the software supplier (ProtoWizard)I cannot produce a two sided model where the two halves are not offset by two or three tenths of a mm. The offset amount increases the proportionally to the distance from the rotary motor .
I can produce a perfect rotary alignment model using the file supplied by the manufacturer for alignment purposes.
I can also place a wax sheet in the flip fixture, mill a hole completely through, flip it and hit the hole perfectly from the other side. Yet when I put in the wax and run my tool path file the two halves mis-match.
There is an offset window on the Roland driver which has a variety of offset calibrations. This is a quick way to re-locate back to any given set of coordinates. There are also a number of windows, however, which I have no clue as to their meaning or purpose. And, mysteriously, neither Roland nor ProtoWizard seem to be willing to divulge their purpose or how to calibrate them. For instance there is "Y wide" and "Y narrow"; "Z wide" and "Z narrow", among others. I can line up a manual mill pretty quickly but I'm new to this world.
If anyone thinks they can help me on the alignment problem or give some info on the offsets window I would appreciate it. If requested I can upload a screenshot of the offset window.
Thanks,
L F Brown