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Re: Lathe Acorn Six x movement

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:36 pm
by cncsnw
Unless I am thinking about it wrong, he would need to change it from 5mm/rev to 10mm/rev, if he wants his motor to make half as many revs for a given requested distance.

Re: Lathe Acorn Six x movement

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 10:51 pm
by tblough
You're right. Once again I get this backwards. Maybe in another 10 years I'll have it straight ;-)

Re: Lathe Acorn Six x movement

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:47 pm
by cnckeith
usajet wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:08 pm How Can I get my x to move 25mm instead of 50mm? I enter in 50mm and it goes 50mm not 25mm.
did you test that you have the steps per rev set correctly? do this first before changing the overall turns ratio.