Originally Posted by Larken  But how accurate can those scales be ? Anything with a belt is not accurate.
A steel rack mounted on the machine would be better. And a calibration correction table in SW would help with linearity. |
Hi Larken,
The accuracy of the belts as opposed to the rack is the belts teeth mesh with much more contact area than a rack and pinion. The accuracy is a combination of the large contact area and the accuracy of your rotary encoder used to read the tics while being driven with the belts.
kmcwhq did you buy that Mazak? I would love to find one that had a 40" table that someone wanted to give away!
I mean, if I am going to dream, I might as well dream big!
Mike