The 7 Inch Rule

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 […]

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X Gears Broken or Striped

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 […]

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Inconsistent Board Measurements or Tracking Issues

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 […]

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