Epilog laser lines while engraving not smooth - 24EX Legend

[Rangarajan Saravana kumar]

Hi,

My Epilog last week got faced a problem, suddenly stopped while running. So, i emailed to techsupport and suggestion is to tighten the y belt. After that, i tightened , new problem is
the laser engraving is not even. somewhat jarred and not sharp. Kindly suggest your ideas to sort it out

regards364502364503

[Kev Williams]

I trying to understand why on earth would tech support suggest tightening a belt when the laser stopped? That's like a mechanic telling you to add air to the tires when the radiator is leaking...

Anyway, loosen the belt back up, if belts are too tight the whole drive train can shudder with every bearing movement and/or when the belt teeth enter and exit the gear teeth.

[Rangarajan Saravana kumar]

Sorry for my wrong interpretation.... when the laser takes the home postion, was running smoothly when a program sent. Suddenly at a particular point, it was stopping due to mechanical
failure. I was told to have my y axis belt to look into and i tried to sort it out. Now the laser was running smoothly , but the engraving got some problem.. ( lines uneven in engraving...)


regards

[Mike Null]

Have you checked your bearings and cleaned the ways? Are all of your optics secure?

Is the work secure on the table?

[Rangarajan Saravana kumar]

Yes cleaned bearings, rails, encoder

[Joe Pelonio]

With power off, move the head back and forth by hand and see if it's nice and smooth. If the belt is too tight it may not be as smooth. Also check your focus, power and speed settings.