> > > > Head weight is the preload? Not always realistic when pushing on a drill > > bit > > to bore a hole. The hole won't be quite as deep as you told emc to do in > > that case. > > Sorry, I don't know what "head weight is the preload" means. I'm still > very new to this and I'm sure I'm doing a million things wrong. > > Andy >
He means you are using the weight of the head to stay on one side of the backlash. But if you machine down That may overcome the weight of the head and then you are not exactly where EMC thinks you are. Chris Morley _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users