I have a non CNC X3 as well and never had any problems with 6" of Y travel but more is always better. My CNC rotary table project is interesting because it is a Sherline rotary table that has the stand alone pendant controller. The sherline controller has the motor wired unipolar and novakon is Bipolar so I have to seperate the 2 center tap wires and use 4 of the 6 wires for half winding mode so I can use the full 2 amps the stepper is rated at and then I have to make an adapter plug to tie the 2 center taps back together so I can still use the rotary table with the Sherline controller since I still use my sheline mill and lathe quite a bit. |