[Knance]

Hi all. I'm a complete rookie who is building a g0704 upgrade. I have many confusions, but I will limit the questions to two.
First, as I set up the steps per inch in Mach 3 I have found that the y axis requires many more steps for accuracy. The z and x are around 8000 but the y is in excess of 10000. They are all very accurate but the discrepancy seems wrong. Is it wrong? And, if so, can some kind soul aim me in a direction.
Second, I want to run roadrunner when I am ready, but it seems that I won't have enough y travel to do so. The dro rises above 6 periodically and I only have about 5.75 inches that I can travel the y axis.
Thanks in advance, folks
knance

[widgitmaster]

I set up the steps per inch in Mach 3 I have found that the y axis requires many more steps for accuracy. The z and x are around 8000 but the y is in excess of 10000. They are all very accurate but the discrepancy seems wrong. Is it wrong?

No, as you can see in my configuration:

Here are the current Mach3 settings:
Kernel Speed: 60000Hz
Motor Tuning
X-Axis, Steps/Per: 1279.717499, Velocity: 1000, Acceleration: 60
Y-Axis, Steps/Per: 1279.717499, Velocity: 1000, Acceleration: 60
Z-Axis, Steps/Per: 5083.817944, Velocity: 385.56, Acceleration: 19.5
A-Axis, Steps/Per: 1279.717499, Velocity: 1000, Acceleration: 60

Max Travel
X: 97.3322 (2472.23788 mm)
Y: 48.3865 (1229.0171 mm)
Z: 9.8048 (249.04192 mm)

You can use MACH3 to calculate the steps/per in the settings page, and you can get really accurate numbers too!

[Knance]

Widgitmaster
Thanks, one less concern. I did set it up using the process on the settings page and it is very accurate. Just weird numbers.
knance