[twickman]

Don't you just love it when news ask goofy questions? i have a n old (early nineties) Techno which has been great for the past few years. just recently it started to wiggle around in what appears to be mostly the x axis, sometimes offsetting the cuts by as much as .1". now when i try to engrave, the font is all screwy. any idea what might cause this?

i attached a picture of the outcome, it is supposed to be a standard ariel font, at 24. it looks fine in the preview screen, and the out put is pretty similar every time, but not exactly.

any help would be greatly appreciated!

[twickman]

bump?

[slowlearner]

Is your x axis motor direct drive or is it belt drive?

[twickman]

its direct drive, servos.

[awerby]

It looks like something's worked loose in your X axis. Check the connections between the motor and the screw (there should be a coupler in there; make sure there's no play in it.) If you take a Sharpie and make some marks across the connections, you'll be able to tell if there's movement. Check to see that the screw itself is tight in its bearings.