On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:27 -0700, "dave" <dengv...@charter.net> wrote: > > Taking this a half-step further ... > a. hold position on master side of gantry > b. while monitoring a strain gage on the cross member minimize strain. > c. sync sides > d. home using master side. > Not easy but it makes sense to me. :-) > Of course, a lot of things that make sense to me don't to other > people. ;-) > You have to really serious about the end result to do it this way. :-) > > Dave >
Actually, the real goal isn't minimizing strain, it is ensuring that the Y axis is 90 degrees to X. Hopefully that is at or near the minimum strain point, but axis squareness is really the critical parameter. John Kasunich -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
