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| ===== The engraving results are poor ===== | ===== The engraving results are poor ===== | ||
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| + | **__general rules: | ||
| + | 1) Make sure you only use sharp cutters.\\ | ||
| + | 2) Make sure your cutters have been sharpened using the correct grinding angles for the material you have to engrave.\\ | ||
| + | 3) Always try not to engrave deeper than necessary. | ||
| + | 4) If you have to colour fill engravings, e.g. in aluminium, the engraving depth needs to be be 0.3 mm.\\ | ||
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| + | Check the following: | ||
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| + | 1. Is your cutter sharp and adapted for the kind of material you want to engrave ?\\\ | ||
| + | 2. Are the XYZ feed speeds and the spindle RPM adapted for your material ?\\ | ||
| + | 3. Is the cutter width adapted to the character height in combination with the used font ? For most single line fonts you need a cutter width about 1/8 to 1/10 of the character height.\\ | ||
| + | 4. When engraving aluminium or stainless, did you not forget to switch on the " | ||
| + | 5. Is your cutter knob still in good shape? A worn out cutter knob could cause the cutter to vibrate.\\ | ||
| + | 6. If your engraving depth is not equally deep everywhere, you need to check if the floating function is working correctly.\\ | ||
| + | 7. If the floating function works fine, please check the status of the nosecone.\\ | ||
| + | 8. If the engravings show different depts, or if you see shadows near the engraved characters, you may be engraving without vacuum cleaner. | ||
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| + | **Continue to [[no_pc_connection|trouble shooting, there is no connection between pc and machine]].**\\ | ||
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