A colleague once told me that the harder a bug is to find then the easier it is to fix. I think there is a lot of truth to that.
John Figie On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 12:44 PM Thaddeus Waldner <thadw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
