Can anyone advise me what motor I might successfully use in a Bridgeport Boss 6 retrofit. I have a 2:1 gearing throught the timing pulleys and belts to a 5 pitch ball screw. The current Anaheim Automation high torque (3100 oz*in) motors just will not mover faster than 20 ipm with the CNClite and their stepper board. Has anyone successfully used this board with a large mill and can you recomment a particular motor. I hate to keep buying motors that don't work. I am using a Gecko 210 drive and have a 75v 16 amp DC powersupply for the motors. The computer supplies the 5vDC and 12vDC power to the stepper board and Gecko drives. A standalone step pulse generator that bypasses the stepper board and computer moves the x axis at about 120 ipm with no problem so I do not believe there is a mechanical problem or a problem with the drives or powersupply.
CamSoft is wracking their brains to try to help me as is Mariss at Gecko.
thanks for any input.
Keith Clark
Last edited by thespindoc; 09-10-2004 at 10:39 AM.
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