> 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'd suggest getting an inexpensive torque wrench and using that to help estimate. Frankly I wouldn't even try to estimate. -- D. Jay Newman ! jay@sprucegrove.com ! Xander: Giles, don't make cave-slayer unhappy. http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body