On 14 August 2011 05:18, Chris Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > In the past whenever I've machined holes they end up not perfectly round. I > wondered if part of that could be because of the backlash compensation or > some other setting that I have. I don't think my machine has that much play > in it that it would cause circles to come out like that.
What are you making the holes with? It might be as simple as the machine being a lot more rigid in one direction that in the other. This is definitely the case with my mini-mill, where the head can be seen deflecting in the X direction but not in the Y. -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FREE DOWNLOAD - uberSVN with Social Coding for Subversion. Subversion made easy with a complete admin console. Easy to use, easy to manage, easy to install, easy to extend. Get a Free download of the new open ALM Subversion platform now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
