First carve failure

X-Carve Troubleshooting
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I’ve looked through the forums and can’t find this specifically, so sorry if it’s been covered. Everything seems to run fine, but the my first test carve not so much. I used only Easel and created a simple 2 word text carve about an 1/8" cut using the included fonts. I used a scrap piece of wood, probably pine, about 18" x 3.5" x .5" .Locked it down, zeroed the x-carve about 1" from the corner. The dimensions I used in Easel were 15" instead of 18" just to try and keep the bit away from the clamps.

I hit carve and it started the job as planned. Carved the first word perfectly, but when it went to space over for the second word the z/x-axis shot all the way to right slamming into the makerslide… Cutting through one of my clamps I was trying to protect, by the way.

So, any ideas what would cause that and how to make it act right?

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Nothing looks out of place by selecting all. And when I click on show toolpaths the only thing in red is around the text. Nothing shooting off the work area.

Also, would it matter if I created the project on one computer and executed it on other? Doesn’t seem like it would be an issue since the machine is homed on the second one.