It has it's good sides and bad I guess. What I believe one should be most concerned with when slaving motors is to make sure your motors are big enough to do what you want them to do. If one motor misses a step because of the lack of power...or for any reason.... it can get ugly. It works really nice with MACH3 and is mainly set up in the software. Mechanically driving both sides with one motor has it's good and bad sides too. The good is, that if your motor misses a step it is missed on both sides since it is driven with one motor. The bad is that you have to get the drive over to the other side. I hope this helps you make your decision. I'm not really sure there is a right or wrong here. It's a personal preference thing!
Allen |