On Wednesday 06 January 2021 08:45:36 Todd Zuercher wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 6:08 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Bed isn't > flat on my 6040. > > >But: Will it help? If the bed is not flat, and you clamp a workpiece > > to it, does the workpiece conform exactly to the shape of the bed? > > Or does the bed >distort to match the workpiece? > > > >How far out of true is it? > > Also need to consider is it actually the bed that is out of true, or > are the ways worn, loose, not straight or in some other way not > causing true linear motion?
Virtually new machine Todd, so rod wear is minimal yet. Straight is anyones guess. And I've no way of measuring it from a true flat reference. Thanks. 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) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
