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I carved this workpiece (the second one) with a 90 degree v-bit and some of the diagonals came out kinda wavy rather than straight. I don't know why it would happen, I'm certain the machine didn't lose any steps during the carve, and the toolpaths look straight, is it possible my cut settings somehow introduced that, like a wobble in the v-bit?
Do you have a picture of the wobbly lines? I looks like it's set to 60 deg, though wobbly line is not what I would expect from using the wrong v-bit angle.
@zach I'm on an x-carve
looking closer to the wobbly lines it's clear that what's happening is the "corner cleaning" cuts a bit more than it should in most corners, by about half a mm or so... apparently this is related to the x-carve's lack of rigidity, but I honestly don't understand the actual mechanism by which it would happen
I had a similar outcome in my test from april 28. Some corners of the star were crisp, others came out a bit jagged. Not sure if it had more to do with toolpaths vs material properties and grain direction
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I carved this workpiece (the second one) with a 90 degree v-bit and some of the diagonals came out kinda wavy rather than straight. I don't know why it would happen, I'm certain the machine didn't lose any steps during the carve, and the toolpaths look straight, is it possible my cut settings somehow introduced that, like a wobble in the v-bit?
Vlad SeghetePro · April 30, 2026
Do you have a picture of the wobbly lines? I looks like it's set to 60 deg, though wobbly line is not what I would expect from using the wrong v-bit angle.
John McWhirterPro · April 30, 2026
It's possible the bit wasn't in the collet straight. What kind of machine are you using?
Zach KaplanPro · May 02, 2026
@zach I'm on an x-carve looking closer to the wobbly lines it's clear that what's happening is the "corner cleaning" cuts a bit more than it should in most corners, by about half a mm or so... apparently this is related to the x-carve's lack of rigidity, but I honestly don't understand the actual mechanism by which it would happen
Vlad SeghetePro · May 15, 2026
I had a similar outcome in my test from april 28. Some corners of the star were crisp, others came out a bit jagged. Not sure if it had more to do with toolpaths vs material properties and grain direction
Natalie SturdyPro · May 15, 2026