Howdy! I’ll try to make this short. A 1" square pocket tool path in VCarve Pro v11.504 yields .985" all the way around A 2"x1.5" rectangle yields the same .015" smaller actual cut all around Bit is Amana 1/4" downcut endmill measuring .247" (best I can measure on the sharp edges) Water cooled spin…

I liked it too they improved the UI in many instances… I liked it until my z axes started going crazy mid carve. my first few carves on it were beautiful though

I have this exact same problem - literally. If I mill a pocket set at .25" wide, its always a little less than .24". Drives me a little nuts. I’m not sure if its always been that way. In the early days I was mostly just doing designed pocket stuff like valet trays and such. Didn’t catch it till I tr…

We’re twins if you are 61 and have a gray beard and think fishing is a gift straight from God himself! :wink: I think if it was dirty and causing accuracy issues that the accuracy mismatch would be random in sizes. As it is the measurements that are off are always constant. But cleaning the machin…

Its going to be interesting to see what the issue is, have you verified that a MDI command is exactly true using a dial indicator, say command to move .750 verified by the dial indicator?

Yep. Sure did. Not that large, but smaller steps using dial indicator showed to be okay. My indicator goes to 1" so maybe I will try that this weekend

I take it you didn’t find a fix…

If you re-run the same pocket without moving the part does it improve the accuracy? If so it could be an indication the cutting forces are introducing runout that isn’t present under no load. Climb cutting vs conventional milling might exacerbate this issue as it’s forcing the bit away from the fi…

Not yet. I haven’t had time, but I intend to test some simple pockets and profiles using VCarve Pro and Carbide Create. At this point I’m inclined to think it’s a software problem, or I’m just setting something incorrectly.

I talked to Vectric and they requested my test file. They said the only thing they could suggest other then testing the machine was to slow down my feed rate. I disagreed, but did it anyway and it made no difference. The file was good and should have produced exactly what I wanted it to, according t…

All items created are .015" too small

Watkins January 27, 2023, 3:30pm 31

I experienced something similar…

Offset Problem?

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