Need Help!- using 2 steppers on x axis

[dashy]

Hi there I hope I'm doing the right thing here , I'm a complete novice . After watching the forums and being inspired for a long time I began building my own machine and have loved every second . I used David Steele's plans as a basis but used steel for the frame and phenolic sheet for the sides and carriage and laminated baltic pine for the gantry. I have never built anything like this before
and to my great surprise so far so good- everything is very rigid and runs smoothly on the rails. I know the next stages are going to be a lot more difficult so I'm going to need a lot of advice. First off I have ordered a 540 gecko drive package with four 380 oz inch motors I was wondering if I could use one of the motors as a second drive on the x axis to avoid using belts and pulleys? I would really appreciate any advice on this.
Thanks

[tjskcnc]

I have built CNC routers based on David Steele's designs and I have always used 2 motors on my X-axis (or Y-axis, depending on how you look at your table, but generally speaking, on the longer axis.) It is all a matter of preference and motor size. The Solsylva designs all use belts. You can connect your motors as direct drive, but you will need to study alternate designs, such as Joe's 2006, Joe's Hybrid 4x4, Rockcliff designs, FineLine Automation, and other direct drive machines. There are a lot of builds on this forum showing direct drive setups without any belts. My larger machine (3x4) has a dual motor drive on the longer axis set up like Solsylva's dual motor drive system.
This site is good for parts if you are looking to do a direct drive setup:
Affordable CNC Routers, Milling Machines and Automation Components > CNC DIY Components
I have one of his older 6"x9" machines, one of his Z-axis assemblies on my 2x3 machine, along with his motor mounts for the direct drive setup on that machine. Very good person to deal with. Great customer service, although sometimes slow on delivery depending on his workload.

[dashy]

Thank you all so much for the invaluable advice, Carve one and Ahren I been following your posts for a very long time , I really appreciate the help .
Here are a couple of shots of my machine so far.
Kindest regards.

[CarveOne]

Originally Posted by dashy Thank you all so much for the invaluable advice, Carve one and Ahren I been following your posts for a very long time , I really appreciate the help . Here are a couple of shots of my machine so far. Kindest regards.

Thanks dashy, it's always good to be of help when I can. I got a lot of it from others here.

CarveOne