mike hide wrote:
| No not yet ,I still have to adjust the anti backlash nuts ,I did
| not realize how much even small adjustments increase the driving
| torques.

g Yuppers - as I understand it, RCH's are subdivided into skoosh,
subdivided into tendencies, subdivided into notions, ... and the
smallest adjustments really do matter.

| As you can see I have not installed the driving hardware as such .
| As soon as funds become available I will get the 4 axis package
| available from "hobbycnc" Initially I plan on using only 3 axis .
| after that I have to learn the ins and outs of Mach 3 and what to
| produce in terms of input cad drawings . Hopefully I will live that
| long ...mjh

The HobbyCNC package is pretty good. I went with the TurboCNC S/W and
hand-code the part programs (not sure if thats a brag or a complaint).

It's a rush to build a machine and watch it do its stuff for the first
time - it's an event worthy of champaigne, so make sure you have some
on hand!

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/