CNC Shark Forum

There are several issues to deal with in getting these machines to work correctly. One that has not yet been mentioned yet is speed of cut and depth of cut. Basically, it relates to how aggressively you are pushing this machine. The standard values from Vectric software are for more solid machines ...

Kavyon and Tony, thank you for the responses its very much appreciated just had another lengthy call with Matt in Tech Support at next wave they seem to think now that it is an issue with a loose Y axis coupler where the motor shaft attaches to the drive rod. They're sending a step by step process e...

Which nuts are the backlash nuts? I've had this thing for a month and i'm still learning all the parts on it. It hasn't been truly operational that whole time due to this ongoing issue and waiting for the back and forth on parts from next wave.

I dont have a picture of the square I cut on the test shape board on my phone i'm at work at the firehouse right now till tomorrow evening but i'll snap one when i get back. If i remember correctly the square looked good.

This photo is of carving on the previous gantry, also have tried using the smart zero with different points on material as well with no improvement.

Runge, thank you! ya seems like not many people post here often in the recent past in browsing through. So they sent out a new gantry and im still having the issues. What sucks is I bought this machine thats double the cost of an xcarve due to it seeming to have more substantial frame parts etc yet ...

Good afternoon everyone, first post here. I purchased my CNC Shark HD5 in august and have been having some issues I think which may have been caused from UPS lack of care in shipping due to damaged box and some damage on the metal skirt\dust guard on the base that the gantry rides in. I noticed some...