Originally Posted by
chris123
I've never used servos, except in RC toys. I havnt looked into them yet for the conversion. Can I get away with steppers for this machine?
Do servos have encoders, unlike steppers, so if it gets jammed or what not it will always go to the correct position?
As I don't have any spare drivers or motors I'll work out whats suitable for me and go from their.
I run EMC2 with step and direction outputs, do servos work in a similar fashion?
I dont have much money, considering Z has to be redone I might go for ball screw and servo, X&Y possible just add a stepper, at least then I will have a machine I can start making parts on.
The parts I make dont need to be super accurate so it should be fine until I get more money