I'm thinking about going to Servos on my Taig, and using geckos. The stock unipolar motors seem to limit speed and precision, and just don't run very smoothly, with either the Taig program or TurboCNC. Turbo is better, but the machine still makes bad noises when multiple axes are run concurrently. IMO the power supply may not be big enough.
I'm looking at the Poly-Scientific motors on the HomeCNC site, and Gecko 320s. Any thoughts? Is this overkill? What capabilities would I get in terms of speed and power. How does this compare to the 200 oz-in steppers I have now, with the Microproto controller. Ideally I want faster speeds without losing steps, and a smoother running machine that does vibrate at weird feeds and speeds.
Any thoughts? Is this overkill? This is christmas, so I'm swinging for the fences. |