[konalure]

I probably could have used only one ballscrew/motor under the gantry and tie it underneath the table.. honestly, when I thought about the advantages I'd gain by going with 2 motor setup, and looked at the price difference for the parts and what Id be doing with the machine.. it seemed like it was a better choice for my machine.. I plan on using 425 oz Keling stepper motors.. the same motors that run my Romaxx HS1 machine I already own.. my plan is that I will build plugs for the motors and use the existing electronics on the Romaxx machine and be able to run the new machine with it.. if I want to use the Romaxx I will just power down and plug in the Romaxx motors ( which I'll put plugs on as well ) . I will run 2 different configs in Mach3 one for each machine.. I was trying to keep the cost for the new machine under $1,500 ... I'm getting close to buget after buying the motors a few days ago..

I'm wondering how these motors will work with the setup I'm building, The Romaxx machine uses belts on the X and Y axis but the new machine uses ballscrews.. I'm hoping it'll all work out and I can get the ballscrews mapped in correctly ( never messed with any of that stuff.. for now I just keep building.. )

anyway, I'll post more pics if I can get this thing finished this month hopfully..

Aloha