Hi all…
I’m just wondering, how do I make my machine cut faster? I watched a video or two of people’s machines cutting quickly with the 611. And by faster I mean, regardless of the settings I change in easel, the thing cuts at the same pace, not the router… but the stepper motors. I create a job, easel calculates like 7mins for the job… two hours later it finishes. So I assume my stepper motors are calibrated wrong or something?
Post your GRBL “$$” settings here.
In Easel, go to Machine -> Advanced and in the console window enter in “$$” and copy the list of values.
G’day Justin,
Thanx for the reply mate, I’m still trying to get use to the whole machine, so I have no doubt I have probably touched something that I shouldn’t have lol here are the values
$132=100.000
$131=790.000
$130=790.000
$122=10.000
$121=10.000
$120=10.000
$112=500.000
$111=500.000
$110=500.000
$102=188.976
$101=40.000
$100=40.000
$32=0
$31=0
$30=1
$27=1.000
$26=250
$25=500.000
$24=25.000
$23=3
$22=0
$21=0
$20=0
$13=0
$12=0.002
$11=0.010
$10=115
$6=0
$5=0
$4=0
$3=4
$2=0
$1=25
$0=10
I hope this is what shows the problem!!!
Cheers
Ross
IIRC default for these are
$110-111 = 8000 (Max feed rate, mm/min)
$120-122 = 50 (Acceleration rate, mm/s2)
With $110-112 set to 500 (mm/min) your machine will never go any faster than that, regardless of your Easel defined cut rate 
Xcarve defaults for $110 and $111 is 8000. $112 is 500.
$120 and $121 should be 500, $122 defaults to 50.
Your current values really make the machine slow. 500 mm/min (about 19.7 ipm) is probably 2-3 times slower than what Easel is configured for and then the really low acceleration just adds more time when cornering.
Thanks a great deal!!! This has really helped out!!! That worked a treat!
Cheers!!!
Thanks, that would explain why I nearly threw the thing out the window after watching everyone else ripped through their projects lol This changes the whole thing now!!!
Very much appreciated!!!
I was staring to rip what hair I had left out!!! lol now I know whats wrong… I can retain my small hair amount lol
CNC’s will provide ample chance for that! 
Good thing this particular issue was easy to spot / rectify!
I don’t have a console window to type $$ what else can I do to get more speed?
