Z-axis

My Z-axis now has a measured backlash of 0.002 inches (2 mils).

January « 2010 « The Half-Baked Maker 2010

I also had to reduce the Z-axis microstepping set by jumpers in the motor driver from 1/8 (as set in the X and Y axes) to 1/2 because the motor seemed to have a hard time starting up from idle.

CNC Z-axis fixed! « The Half-Baked Maker 2010

If I can't use the Z-axis, why should I have to try to target enemies that are further "back" than I am?

Archive 2009-08-01 SVGL 2009

If I can't use the Z-axis, why should I have to try to target enemies that are further "back" than I am?

Not Now, Honey, I'm Exploring SVGL 2009

I also had to reduce the Z-axis microstepping set by jumpers in the motor driver from 1/8 (as set in the X and Y axes) to 1/2 because the motor seemed to have a hard time starting up from idle.

CNC Z-axis fixed! « The Half-Baked Maker 2010

My Z-axis now has a measured backlash of 0.002 inches (2 mils).

CNC Z-axis fixed! « The Half-Baked Maker 2010

Z-axis: Odds your home is about to be wiped out by an Act of God.

Damn, it’s hot, isn’t it? 2009

Everything that's good about the car from a driving dynamics point of view would be better with a half-foot less Z-axis.

A Rote SUV From BMW Dan Neil 2010

BMW Everything that ' s good about the car from a driving dynamics point of view would be better with a half-foot less Z-axis.

Still a BMW 2010

At one point, the idea was for the build to start very “Real Life” at the base - where it meets the ground - as though there were already this kind of historical archeology - and building over the top of that as it rises in the Z-axis, it becomes increasingly NPRIL.

Archive 2009-06-01 Bettina Tizzy 2009