Originally Posted by
II-DALTON-II
I think I may have found the problem. My rail is beginning to look worn where the bearings have been rolling over it often, the paint has come off and when I run my finger over it there is a slight groove. I notice that when rolling the bearings back and forth slowly by hand that they do not roll so well over this part of the rail. I tested engraving some text on scrap material and different points on the rail and noticed that the far sides it performs fine, it is when the engraving passes the mid point where the worn area is that I get jagged lines and text.
So does this seem like the plausible root of the problem here? If so how difficult is it to replace this part of the machine?