RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Lead screw compensation

EMC is suppose to support lead screw compensation. I have not tried that
functionality it myself.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> Does anyone know if CNCpro or other inexpensive parallel port G-code
> interpreters offer compensation to make the rolled thread ball screws work
> as accurately as the ground thread screws? It has been suggested to me
> that I would need a laser interferometer to do the compensation
> but, if I'm
> only looking to correct to 0.001", I should think that a center drill
> making holes every 1/2 inch or so could produce a reference plate that I
> could then use with a surface plate and a height gage to create my
> correction table.
>
> Please excuse me if this has been discussed at length before. I am new on
> the list.
>
> G. Jackson
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