Originally Posted by ynneb While You may have powerfull steppers, you may not be able to use then to your full potential, unless you get a substantial spindle. Its all very well to have speed and power but the feed rate your spindle can cope with, should be your main criteria. You will bog down the spindle if pushed too hard. You realise that you are probably looking in the 3phase specrum for a suitable spindle if you want to use those steppers to full potential. |
If I went with a larger spindle. How big of a spindle do I need to match the steppers?
Formulas/ratios will do.