On Saturday 28 June 2014 07:40:08 Cecil Thomas did opine And Gene did reply: > Gene, > > The new screws (if single start) move the axis almost twice as far > per step (2.5mm vs 1.27mm) so the new scale will need about half as > many steps to move one inch. > > So new scale = old scale x 1.27mm/2.5mm or old scale x .508 > > New scale = 64000 x .508 = 32512 > > You could also approach the problem by saying that the new screws > have 10.16 tpi (25.4/2.5) so the new scale would be old scale x > 10.16tpi/20tpi > > still comes up 64000 x 10.16/20 = 64000 x .508 = 32512 > > Cecil
Which now makes 4 ways to arrive at the same answer. :) Thanks Cecil. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
