X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=PEYBgnJLmxJ17CyTtZjPJqQdmHE2Wb+c1u/Kb26Ttz0=; b=LDh+OdPMvXT8qHqAj/dpjV8wcfYdDr3e0qKbDa7vUFJjAD3lNIndKzbIdH/Hu9wEan QU0Bp2QAJGcjUvICI2jKi9h2IJZWEn82nRRy10SOPB2c0ydaC+TG7LBkp33cpCdFYFtO fL7Eu/c8TVLjkASfyh4SF0J6xwtlRqu3q0rgFedPLTccq8UOIOzgld04JFAjDHYahaGt 2sIR5Iv1dE9fF7BhKJtdle2qlanNGULwYv68Sf5MZxSpiYZCcXHdTIVaYhxkXIBmGgGZ AxOXuiNOjjwIpo9/mqFNk04QJFnG9/8VG5tNI+IuJBQiKHL+2SIZtIIgRiprA+IPz/Or Db4g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.221.74.81 with SMTP id yv17mr27235478vcb.15.1418858187478; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:16:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201412172013.sBHKDAAx022528@envy.delorie.com> References: <201412172013 DOT sBHKDAAx022528 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:16:27 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] Nema 23 stepper motors From: Rob Butts To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11364314405d73050a71aa1f Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --001a11364314405d73050a71aa1f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 That might be it but I'll try micro-stepping first On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:13 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Not sure if this is your problem, but on my lathe I need to *not* mesh > the gears completely together to make them run smoothly. If the gears > press too much, the tip of one tooth hits the gullet of the opposite > gear, causing noise. Only the sides of the teeth should touch. I use > a piece of heavy paper between the lathe gears to separate them > "enough". > --001a11364314405d73050a71aa1f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
That might be it but I'll try micro-stepping first
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On Wed, Dec= 17, 2014 at 3:13 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
Not sure if this is your problem, but on my lathe I need to *not* mesh
the gears completely together to make them run smoothly.=C2=A0 If the gears=
press too much, the tip of one tooth hits the gullet of the opposite
gear, causing noise.=C2=A0 Only the sides of the teeth should touch.=C2=A0 = I use
a piece of heavy paper between the lathe gears to separate them
"enough".
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