Quick update, did a little more digging in the forum which led me to the Meticulous Z-axis thread where I found @MeticulousMaynard’s z-axis calibration technique. I initially tried the calibration on the numbers provided by @Metalmaslow, but the z-axis motor would only oscillate back and forth before hardly moving (maybe someone smarter than me can explain what’s going on?). I then set the encoder steps back to the default and tried @MeticulousMaynard’s numbers from the calibration. This seemed to do the trick and the axis moved much more precisely. Not too sure why, but it allowed me to cut my first test piece (late) this evening. Looking forward to learning more about this awesome machine.
Cheers,