It sounds like the Wizard hit a snag on the second to last cut. Did you hear it make a grating sound like gears slipping on the downstroke? This happens occasionally on our machine. It's usually on 8-ply mats. I think it might be a blade depth/ settings issue. We haven't figured out how to solve it 100% of the time. One guy here seems to have less trouble than the rest of us. We call him the Wizard Whisperer. I have no idea what he does differently.
Good luck with the 8-plys.
James
On the final side cut, there was a bit of a grating sound, which we usually get when a catastrophic failure occurs (matboard falls into itself as if it is a black hole).
But only briefly.
My main concern is that it made the initial cut .625" lower than programed, and cut the outside .625" lower than programmed.
I believe the final grating sound was it trying to cut 21.5" where it only had 20.875" to work with.
text from Framah "I do have a glitch when I leave the program open for too long. It will give me what you had happen. I close it and let it sit for 5 or 10 minutes and reopen and it works good again. Been like that for a long time."
We used to have some weird glitches early in the day.
We found that turning it off overnight fixed whatever that was. Possibly letting it reset itself.
Regarding 8PLY: The mat from last night was a 4PLY.
It was my last sheet of 32x40 in the proper color, needed for a project due today.
Fortunately I have some 40x60 of my most used whites on hand, and finished it up on my C&H Advantage.
We've not had a problem cutting 8PLY boards on the Wizard.
I personally hate cutting 8PLY on the C&H. It hurts my arms. And yes, I have to cut it it multiple passes.
Let's hope the machine woke up on the proper side of its stand.