Thank you Rich-- I just couldnt figure how the procedure was supposed to work

Are these and similar instructions available anywhere- I cant recall seeing them anywhere in
the manual--

But you guys are a great help

thanks

fred

Fred,
Not sure what the manuals say about using the axis calibration. To lazy to have a look at them.

There is a nice axis calculator in the Members Docs which one can use to do caclulations and comes in handy if one wants to compare
different parameters. Here is the link:
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,16315.msg110286.html#msg110286

I also like to calculate the steps per unit , use that value and then check the axis movement to extremes ie; profile the axis for record keeping.
The profiling is done opticaly but note that i have the tools to do it that way and may be a little wierd........
 
RICH