Makelangelo 3.2 stops drawing

[Anonymous]

Not sure what is going on. Twice I have tried to print out a dxf file when it just stops. I decided to try and halt the drawing, disconnecting, then reconnecting and it. The reconnection failed as there was no com3 port to connect to.

[Dan]

Try saving your gcode to the SD card and running from there. If that works then I suspect the USB cable.

[Anonymous]

Tried the sd card. It draws but I avoid it because it starts off drawing these fast zig zag patterns about 2 inches square. It is as if the two stepper motors are turning in opposite directions with no belt slack to allow it to happen. After this occurs it draws normally. I figure that I need to set home position lower on the board.

I tired the USB connection again. Tried hanging the cable away from any motor housing to rule out any interference from the stepper motors. I checked out the DXF file and cleaned it up as much as possible. I was printing out a bit map of text, that I converted to a path in inkscape, using the trace bitmap command.

This time it seemed to work. Every time I draw something I notice that the both motors run hot. Is this normal?

In the process of getting a new usd cable as well.

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