diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickCalculator.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickCalculator.java
index 03ac423e30abee53fd5463cda05952acda8b01b5..ad5f53bd9a3ece3f1fae06f88789b727590f1d39 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickCalculator.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickCalculator.java
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ public abstract class AxisTickCalculator {
     }
 
     // override min and maxValue if specified
-    if (axisDirection == Direction.X && styleManager.getXAxisMin() != null && styleManager.getChartType() != ChartType.Bar) {
+    if (axisDirection == Direction.X && styleManager.getXAxisMin() != null && styleManager.getChartType() != ChartType.Bar) { // bar chart cannot have a max or min
       overrideMinValue = styleManager.getXAxisMin();
     }
     if (axisDirection == Direction.Y && styleManager.getYAxisMin() != null) {
       overrideMinValue = styleManager.getYAxisMin();
     }
-    if (axisDirection == Direction.X && styleManager.getXAxisMax() != null && styleManager.getChartType() != ChartType.Bar) {
+    if (axisDirection == Direction.X && styleManager.getXAxisMax() != null && styleManager.getChartType() != ChartType.Bar) { // bar chart cannot have a max or min
       overrideMaxValue = styleManager.getXAxisMax();
     }
     if (axisDirection == Direction.Y && styleManager.getYAxisMax() != null) {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public abstract class AxisTickCalculator {
    * @param gridStep
    * @return
    */
-  double getFirstPosition(double gridStep) {
+      double getFirstPosition(double gridStep) {
 
     // System.out.println("******");
 
@@ -116,70 +116,4 @@ public abstract class AxisTickCalculator {
     return tickLabels;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Determine the grid step for the data set given the space in pixels allocated for the axis
-   *
-   * @param tickSpace in plot space
-   * @return
-   */
-  public double getNumericalGridStep(double tickSpace) {
-
-    // this prevents an infinite loop when the plot gets sized really small.
-    if (tickSpace < 10) {
-      return 1.0;
-    }
-
-    // the span of the data
-    double span = Math.abs(maxValue - minValue); // in data space
-
-    int tickMarkSpaceHint = (axisDirection == Direction.X ? styleManager.getXAxisTickMarkSpacingHint() : styleManager.getYAxisTickMarkSpacingHint());
-
-    // for very short plots, squeeze some more ticks in than normal
-    if (axisDirection == Direction.Y && tickSpace < 160) {
-      tickMarkSpaceHint = 25;
-    }
-
-    double gridStepHint = span / tickSpace * tickMarkSpaceHint;
-
-    // gridStepHint --> significand * 10 ** exponent
-    // e.g. 724.1 --> 7.241 * 10 ** 2
-    double significand = gridStepHint;
-    int exponent = 0;
-    if (significand == 0) {
-      exponent = 1;
-    }
-    else if (significand < 1) {
-      while (significand < 1) {
-        significand *= 10.0;
-        exponent--;
-      }
-    }
-    else {
-      while (significand >= 10 || significand == Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY) {
-        significand /= 10.0;
-        exponent++;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // calculate the grid step with hint.
-    double gridStep;
-    if (significand > 7.5) {
-      // gridStep = 10.0 * 10 ** exponent
-      gridStep = 10.0 * Utils.pow(10, exponent);
-    }
-    else if (significand > 3.5) {
-      // gridStep = 5.0 * 10 ** exponent
-      gridStep = 5.0 * Utils.pow(10, exponent);
-    }
-    else if (significand > 1.5) {
-      // gridStep = 2.0 * 10 ** exponent
-      gridStep = 2.0 * Utils.pow(10, exponent);
-    }
-    else {
-      // gridStep = 1.0 * 10 ** exponent
-      gridStep = Utils.pow(10, exponent);
-    }
-    return gridStep;
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator.java
index e48ae436f09d3e787daadd925ac1b6b086456817..ca206e2cca6f1d5482d5590ac072e753fefbd45a 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator.java
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ public class AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
 
     int logMin = (int) Math.floor(Math.log10(minValue));
     int logMax = (int) Math.ceil(Math.log10(maxValue));
-    // int logMin = (int) Math.log10(minValue.doubleValue());
-    // int logMax = (int) Math.log10(maxValue.doubleValue());
     // System.out.println("minValue: " + minValue);
     // System.out.println("maxValue: " + maxValue);
     // System.out.println("logMin: " + logMin);
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ public class AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
           tickLabels.add(numberFormatter.formatLogNumber(j, axisDirection));
         }
         else {
-           // Set a space to avoid Zero length string passed to TextLayout constructor
+          // Set a space to avoid Zero length string passed to TextLayout constructor
           tickLabels.add(" ");
         }
 
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickNumericalCalculator.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickNumericalCalculator.java
index ba41617daf38fbe098051c0d9df3d89d4c617b62..99f7fe2ef508e354692da6d50de9107b4411ce5d 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickNumericalCalculator.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickNumericalCalculator.java
@@ -85,4 +85,70 @@ public class AxisTickNumericalCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Determine the grid step for the data set given the space in pixels allocated for the axis
+   *
+   * @param tickSpace in plot space
+   * @return
+   */
+  private double getNumericalGridStep(double tickSpace) {
+
+    // this prevents an infinite loop when the plot gets sized really small.
+    if (tickSpace < 10) {
+      return 1.0;
+    }
+
+    // the span of the data
+    double span = Math.abs(maxValue - minValue); // in data space
+
+    int tickMarkSpaceHint = (axisDirection == Direction.X ? styleManager.getXAxisTickMarkSpacingHint() : styleManager.getYAxisTickMarkSpacingHint());
+
+    // for very short plots, squeeze some more ticks in than normal
+    if (axisDirection == Direction.Y && tickSpace < 160) {
+      tickMarkSpaceHint = 25;
+    }
+
+    double gridStepHint = span / tickSpace * tickMarkSpaceHint;
+
+    // gridStepHint --> significand * 10 ** exponent
+    // e.g. 724.1 --> 7.241 * 10 ** 2
+    double significand = gridStepHint;
+    int exponent = 0;
+    if (significand == 0) {
+      exponent = 1;
+    }
+    else if (significand < 1) {
+      while (significand < 1) {
+        significand *= 10.0;
+        exponent--;
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      while (significand >= 10 || significand == Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY) {
+        significand /= 10.0;
+        exponent++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // calculate the grid step with hint.
+    double gridStep;
+    if (significand > 7.5) {
+      // gridStep = 10.0 * 10 ** exponent
+      gridStep = 10.0 * Utils.pow(10, exponent);
+    }
+    else if (significand > 3.5) {
+      // gridStep = 5.0 * 10 ** exponent
+      gridStep = 5.0 * Utils.pow(10, exponent);
+    }
+    else if (significand > 1.5) {
+      // gridStep = 2.0 * 10 ** exponent
+      gridStep = 2.0 * Utils.pow(10, exponent);
+    }
+    else {
+      // gridStep = 1.0 * 10 ** exponent
+      gridStep = Utils.pow(10, exponent);
+    }
+    return gridStep;
+  }
+
 }