Control method for a hand-held power tool

A control method for a hand-held power tool including a machine housing, a handle fastened to the machine housing for guiding the hand-held power tool during operation, a tool holder for holding a tool on a working axis, a hammer mechanism including a striker moving periodically at an impact rate on the working axis, a drive control of the hammer mechanism setting the impact rate to a setpoint value, a vibration absorber including an oscillator moving with respect to the working axis back and forth from a resting position and at least one spring driving the oscillator back into the resting position, an acceleration sensor attached to a machine housing for detecting accelerations along the working axis, the control method comprising a calibration phase having the following steps:

• detecting an acceleration with the aid of the acceleration sensor;
• ascertaining a minimum of the acceleration by varying the impact rate in a range between 90% and 110% of the setpoint value;
• adjusting the setpoint value to the impact rate associated with the ascertained minimum;
• and
• driving the hammer mechanism at the impact rate adjusted to the setpoint value.