Donner Laser skips on vertical axis

I tried using Donner, and it skips along the vertical axis

Picture? Would help troubleshoot.

Also, were you cutting, scanning, and at what speeds?

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I was scanning on 1/8 inch plywood. It worked fine on thunder

Thank you for the pic. Speeds and settings?

Thunder was doing the same thing 11 days ago.
https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/thunder-laser-making-crooked-slanted-cuts/33126

I think this is due to the scan speed. Try slower. What speed were you using when it happened?

-Clay

300 speed 12 power . Thanks again

Doesn’t seem that fast… I thought you were going to say 700.

You can’t go a lot lower than 12% power either to slow down the speed.

I think we’re going to have to see if the belt is loose and skipping or if something else is not quite right. (like the acceleration settings) I can swing by tonight and try some tests to narrow it down.

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Thanks a ton, someone after me is using that machine, and the problem seems to have stopped occurring

Is there some sort of tension gauge we should own, so we can set the belts tight enough, without getting them so tight that they break down?

Tried to replicate the problem with all kinds of settings but couldn’t. Belts all seem to be tight and in good shape.
I sent pics to thunder asking what might be the issue. Will post the reply here for all to enjoy when I get it

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