One of the most important items (and commonly missed) when getting started with the CarveWright CNC System is that the projects you carve need to be “Under the Rollers”. To do this, you need to make your actual project board 7” longer than the “virtual” board that appears in the Project Designer software when you […]
Board Tracking Sensor – Replacement (PDF)
Description of Issue Broken or stripped X drive gears will be evident when the board stops moving through the machine when it is commanded. Usually, this stoppage will be accompanied by a grating noise from the X- gear enclosure on the right side of the machine. Once the gears are broken or stripped they will […]
Description of Issue A sandpaper belt roll-up can be the cause of many machine errors like board tracking issues, measuring errors, and even damage to the X drive gears. The errors appear when the rolled-up sandpaper belts lift the workpiece off of the board tracking sensor that tracks the position of the board. It is […]
Description of Issue When a customer calls in and states that their sandpaper belts are torn diagnose the issue. If you do not diagnose the issue, the machine will keep tearing the parts up and they will constantly be replacing them. Possible Causes The three main causes of sandpaper belts tearing are: the head pressure […]
Description of Issue This occurs when the machine measures differently in the length (or X) direction in seemingly similar situations. For example, you measure two similar colored and conditioned boards and the machine comes up with widely varying lengths. Possible Causes Cause can be: board defects, rolled up belt, low head pressure, damaged or missing […]
Maintenance video describing possible reasons for a tracking error