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Is there backlash compensation?

Discussion in 'CAM' started by Mike Gonzalez, Feb 28, 2020.

  1. Mike Gonzalez

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    I have the Lead1010, getting a lot of backlash I would like to set compensation for. Is there a setting in Openbuilds control?
     
  2. Gary Caruso

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    Not with OB control, Backlash comp is very tricky to implement and get reliable results.
    I would recommend determining the cause of your backlash!
    In my experience the most common cause of backlash on an Openbuild machine is the anti-backlash nut is set too tight or the eccentric spacers are adjusted making the wheels to tight.
    Cheers
    Gary
     
  3. Mike Gonzalez

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    On my mill running linuxcnc it was just a matter of adding "backlash=" to the ini file, was hoping it would be something like that. I wish the anti-backlash nuts were easier to get to, it looks like i will have to take a lot apart to get to them, wondering if i put them on backwards.
     

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