I tried the automatic setter in Mach and for some reason it wont set it correctly, I have gone back to figuring it out by the gear ratio. Are the calculations the same for rack and pinion as for screw drives? also when you use inches, can I figure that my machine has 10,000 pulses per inch?

hey, what if the gearing was done by a complete noob (like me) and now the axis move 10 mm insted of 1 mm at 200 steps/
is there another seting somwhere to lower the ratio? or i have to change the gears.
at 2000 steps/ it moves even further then it does with 200 steps.
when i jog i can move it less then 1 mm

It's not just the gearing....You need to be aware of your stepper driver settings. Full, half, microstepping or whatever for the drivers you have.
Full step at 200 steps/unit is 1/10 the distance of full step at 2000 steps/unit.
RC

so, i have 14,*********x steps/mm is that ok?