How do I change the steps per inch?

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I have finally got my machine together. now I am having a problem with the z axis cutting too deep.
I set it to cut .1 inches but it cut down to .2 inches. also my circles are ovals they are flattened in the
Y axis. I am thinking that I need to adjust my steps per inch, but have no idea how to do that in Easel.
I have already adjusted the current for the stepper drivers. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Art

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Did you run the machine setup in Easel? It should set all the Grbl parameters.

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*this link originally had a typo that has now been corrected.
http://easel.inventables.com/setup

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Yes ran the setup in Easel. should I run it again?

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Is you machine standard (i.e. the same motors, belts, gears from the kit)?

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Every thing is standard Got the 1000 minus the waste board.

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It cannot hurt to run the setup again.

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What version of Grbl is loaded on the Arduino? If it is not .9i then you will have issues.

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I will have too try it again tomorrow. My machine is at the shop down town. maybe I shall have to bring it home
till I can get running right.

Thanks, Art

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I have no Idea. How do I find out?

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I found out by starting Universal Gcode Sender and in the command line typing $$ to dump the Grbl parameters. There might be a way to do this from Easel, but if there is I don’t know how.

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Thanks Allen, I will check it out when I get back to the machine.

Thanks, Art

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ok i did the universal gcode sender thing and it sais im running .9g how do i update to .9i?

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Here’s a link to where I discuss it on another thread:

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ok i uploaded the hex file and checked it with universal gcode sender and the $$ command it shows .9i now. have to make a test cut will post how it does
thanks again

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and quick cut down with no change to cutting depth

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Zach - i have the same problem - that setup link is 404 - is there an updated link to use?

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thanks!

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i used this site to fix my steps - worked a treat - http://zheng3.com/2013/06/02/calibrating-the-printrbot-simple/

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The actual link to the set up is http://easel.inventables.com/setup

I had a typo above. I’ll fix that now.

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