On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:33:07 -0800, Michael Koblic wrote:


I am not at all sure that this is the right procedure but cannot think of
any other on this machine. I do not seem to be getting consistent depths.

With the drill press and a credit card I can do this much more quickly and
dare say consistently.

Should there not be a better way to pre-set the depth/Z-distance travel
without going through this palaver? Is this amount of backlash on the Z-axis
reasonable? Can it be corrected?

Put a collar on the drill bit.