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Old 31-01-2010, 02:42 PM
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kinetic (Steve)
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Another clunk

Another clunk in the dark last night followed by another every
4.5mins....(the worm period)!

Last night the worm gear had returned to the spot where the
problem had been where I had the toothed belt jump a tooth.
I had marked the section with red pen just in case.
Seems like there is a high spot still that has been exposed
once again by a change in mesh. Thought it was fixed.
I will pull it all down again but this time I might try the
'paper between the mesh' method I have read in Peter's
Hypertune thread.
This will almost certainly introduce some backlash and need
a new PEC curve generated. I have had almost nil backlash with
this setup, the drive starts following stars immediately at 1524mm FL.
I'm reluctant to introduce backlash but if it removes a high spot and
protects the worm gear so be it.....

Steve
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