This is a fork from another thread, where I wrote
What are your thoughts on arm vertical motion? I am beginning to really like 'impeding' designs, those that barely follow warps, but otherwise impede micro-motions in the vertical plane beyond what mass inertia does by itself.
it strikes me that we continue to make huge leaps with new arm designs... and a thought crossed my mind: why did my magnetic arm stabilization make such a huge improvement, especially in macro dynamics? I did place the magnets in such a way as to actually push down the armwand a bit, and then it occurred to me: the cutting head is immobile in the vertical plane, so is vertical arm motion a good thing or a bad thing? How can it possibly be a good thing???? At that point I began to appreciate SME arms even more, considering their spring-loaded thingy some of them have - I believe the idea is the same??? Or is it... you guys tell me. But currently, I am not liking vertical arm motion one bit, and I am beginning to suspect the better designs impede that motion.
What are your thoughts on arm vertical motion? I am beginning to really like 'impeding' designs, those that barely follow warps, but otherwise impede micro-motions in the vertical plane beyond what mass inertia does by itself.
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