Hi guys, I'm starting to do some things with stepper motors, and I'm trying to get just kind of an intuitive feel for torque specs. Like, if I was tightening a nut on a 1/4 in. bolt, with just my fingers, about how many g-cm could I exert on it? I should mention that my confusion has nothing to do with the metric units; I'd be just as clueless in imperial. TIA, Colin _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.