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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: dangerous malfunction of a machine driven by Mach4
« on: February 22, 2022, 07:13:22 PM »
Hi,
I would still use microstepping, say 1/5, 1/8, 1/10, or 1/16, to get advantage of the smoothness of motion, but when you consider your machines
'actual' resolution, calculate it as if you are using 1/2 steps, while the 'theoretical' resolution would be 1/5 or 1/8 or whatever provided there was zero load
on the stepper.
In short what you have done by implementing 1/10 th stepping is good, you get the smoothness that you want but the actual resolution will be 10um,
not 2um as you previously calculated. Still 10um is pretty damn good for any machine!
Craig
I would still use microstepping, say 1/5, 1/8, 1/10, or 1/16, to get advantage of the smoothness of motion, but when you consider your machines
'actual' resolution, calculate it as if you are using 1/2 steps, while the 'theoretical' resolution would be 1/5 or 1/8 or whatever provided there was zero load
on the stepper.
In short what you have done by implementing 1/10 th stepping is good, you get the smoothness that you want but the actual resolution will be 10um,
not 2um as you previously calculated. Still 10um is pretty damn good for any machine!
Craig