The solution to hard problems are always in the peripheral vision.
> On Oct 6, 2022, at 12:20 PM, gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > On 10/5/22 22:56, Jon Elson wrote: >> Wow, it gets deeper! >> >> It is NOT the encoder, or anything in the encoder-reading process. >> >> I marked the motor shaft, and the motor is returning to the exact same >> position every cycle. >> >> Well, I tried a different indicator and mount, and the problem was in the >> indicator mount! I was using an old knock-off of an IndiCol that clamps >> around the spindle nose or end mill holder and has several rods with locking >> thumbnuts on them. These swivel joints were slipping just a tiny bit each >> time the vise touched the indicator, even though they were PRETTY tight! >> Ugh, 3 days of going around in circles trying to tell where the issue was! >> >> Jon >> > Glad you found it, Jon. And don't feel like the lone stranger, I've been > caught out by such stuff lots of times. > > 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, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
