I have a Sherline CNC Lathe with the computer system from Sherline. The disk drive failed. I replaced the disk and installed LinuxCNC 2.7.14. The install completed without error - great job.

I have a problem with backlash and overshoot.

The config file has a strange entry:
AXES = 3
COORDINATES = X Z

Should there be names for 3 axes?

I checked the motion with a Fowler digital dial indicator.

Backlash = 0.000
          Motion   Fowler
Start               +0.0001
         -0.0100    -0.0080 moved -0.0081
         -0.0100    -0.0175 moved -0.0095
         -0.0100    -0.0275 moved -0.0100
         -0.0100    -0.0375 moved -0.0100
         +0.0100    -0.0305 moved +0.0070
         +0.0100    -0.0210 moved +0.0095
         +0.0100    -0.0110 moved +0.0100
         +0.0100    +0.0010 moved +0.0100

Backlash = 0.0020
          Motion   Fowler
Start               +0.0100
         -0.0100    +0.0005 moved -0.0095
         -0.0100    -0.0075 moved -0.0080
         -0.0100    -0.0175 moved -0.0100
         +0.0100    -0.0055 moved +0.0120
         +0.0100    -0.0010 moved +0.0045
         +0.0100    -0.0110 moved +0.0100

Backlash = 0.0030
          Motion   Fowler
Start               +0.1245
         -0.0100    +0.1135 moved -0.0110
         -0.0100    +0.1065 moved -0.0070
         -0.0100    +0.0960 moved -0.0105
         -0.0100    +0.0860 moved -0.0100
         +0.0100    +0.0990 moved +0.0130
         +0.0100    +0.1060 moved +0.0070
         +0.0100    +0.1155 moved +0.0095
         +0.0100    +0.1255 moved +0.0100

Backlash = 0.0035
          Motion   Fowler
Start               +0.1260
         -0.0100    +0.1140 moved -0.0120
         -0.0100    +0.1075 moved -0.0065
         -0.0100    +0.0970 moved -0.0105
         -0.0100    +0.0875 moved -0.0095
         +0.0100    +0.1010 moved +0.0135
         +0.0100    +0.1080 moved +0.0070
         +0.0100    +0.1175 moved +0.0095
         +0.0100    +0.1270 moved +0.0095

I do not understand the relationship between the variables in the ini file. Except for the backlash, I have not changed anything from the distribution file.

How do I fix this?

Tom Dean


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