3 steppers on model D ?

[SScnc]

Hey guys,

I'm finally building my model D, and I'm building it out of Extira MDF. But, I have 3 steppers I want to use, all are 276 oz.in. I want to use just 1 stepper on the X axis instead of 2 and I plan to use 2 timing pulleys and a belt or 2 small sprockets and a chain to get by with 1 stepper.

Do you think that will work good ? Has anyone else done it this way ?

Thanks,

Steve

[rockcliff]

Hi
Yes it's possible to use one motor, and timing belt to drive, two screws, can't say if I have ever seen it done with the model D, but it is very common to do, it just takes a little more work and components, I would for sure 100% use timing belt and pulleys XML size will be fine, don't use chain and sprockets,

Originally Posted by SScnc Hey guys, I'm finally building my model D, and I'm building it out of Extira MDF. But, I have 3 steppers I want to use, all are 276 oz.in. I want to use just 1 stepper on the X axis instead of 2 and I plan to use 2 timing pulleys and a belt or 2 small sprockets and a chain to get by with 1 stepper. Do you think that will work good ? Has anyone else done it this way ? Thanks, Steve

[SScnc]

Thanks for the information Cliff. I'll post some pics of it when I'm done. I'll go with the timing belt setup.

Steve