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Post by gregory on Aug 4, 2015 10:27:34 GMT -8
  Can anyone tell me what went wrong, I have it on it's own circuit, I keep it clean, and Oliver sent me a new key and a new X limit switch that was bad. For 2 months now, all has been perfect, then the carving of the frame messed up 3 hrs. and 40 mins. into carving, then today a very small shark went well, so I proceeded to a small eagle, and it stepped over twice in a short period of time. I use this 1013 as part of my business, and folks are starting to like what this machine is suppose to do, but now I can't trust it anymore. Can someone from Oliver help me solve this issue? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2015 6:48:24 GMT -8
Gregory: I would think your best bet would be to call Oliver to get some solutions as I do not recall any technical issues ever being addressed here on the forum. Looking at the problem it looks significant compared to others who have had drifting problems, yours looks more like a jump rather than drift. Remember when calling Oliver that they are on Pacific time zone.
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Post by gregory on Aug 5, 2015 8:41:22 GMT -8
Thanks Bob
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Post by Back Road Rustics on Aug 5, 2015 13:49:31 GMT -8
Gregory you will want to talk to Nick which is their tech or Judy which is the supervisor of that department.
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Post by newbie on Aug 5, 2015 16:27:32 GMT -8
I had drifting on my machine when it was new. It worked good on low speed, but on normal or high it would creep to the right and at times would jump 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch. Finally tracked it down to the rails the router moves on. Tried oiling the rails, didn't help. Loosened the rails, measured the distance to the table, set bottom rail, moved the router and set screws as the router moved next to it. It was as if the rails angled and it would bind, but only in one direction. On checking for binding I tool an allen wrench and rotated the screw that moves the router it moved easy one direction, but not the other direction.
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Post by gregory on Aug 5, 2015 16:35:37 GMT -8
I got an e-mail back from Nick and he suspects the X axis rod and wants to confirm a solution with the factory before instructing me on a fix. I will let you know how it turns out. Thank you all for your input. Gregory
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Post by sama on Mar 15, 2016 20:01:39 GMT -8
Hi, Gregory, I had the same problem with my 1015 PRO, I had to start my carving all over again from the beginning, I bought the machine in Canada and brought it to Argentina, I hope they can fix the problem, please let me know as soon as you get and answer , thank u
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2016 4:56:16 GMT -8
Hi, Gregory, I had the same problem with my 1015 PRO, I had to start my carving all over again from the beginning, I bought the machine in Canada and brought it to Argentina, I hope they can fix the problem, please let me know as soon as you get and answer , thank u You might note that the previous posts were made last year, I believe you should contact Oliver Machine (by phone not email) for some solution from them. Myself and other members have had some success with putting a small ( 6mm ) white border around the project which can be cut off afterwards if you do not need or want it. This allows the machine to reset more consistently as it makes each pass. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2016 17:43:38 GMT -8
I agree with Bob on this, I learned this trick of putting on a white border (from Bob) on everything and ipicture seems to be able to use it to align itself correctly on every pass. I like to bevel cut my edges (when I don't jigsaw them) to get away from the plain rectangle look, and the white border gives me room to play with different angles. I doubt that I put more than a 2mm border on most applications, that allows the actual piece to be as large as possible.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 3:32:46 GMT -8
Well every now and then some strange thing happens. I had a carving running with a brand new bit in the machine, every thing going well and at about 90% complete, then bam the table hangs for a few of the scan steps, then catches them all up at once making a small enough leap forward to snap the bit off, which of course ruins the piece.
Now I have not investigated just yet, but I suspect the rail guides the table moves on are out of alignment or the gear rack below is mis-aligned causing the binding
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