Speeds: Currently the max feed is limited in the software to 800mm/min (~31 inch/min)
Reason 1: We don’t have acceleration / deceleration planing in the software yet. Imagine a sudden change in direction and the sled ‘swinging’, spoiling the cut.
Reason 2: We have tested 1000mm/min (~39 inch/min) and found problems that at the top of the sheet, where the motors are under the most load, one motor pulling, can not keep up the speed of the other motor feeding out the chain. The result on my Maslow looked like this (top should be a straight line):
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