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Fair enough. And oh, I believe the word you are looking for there is "enthusiasts". My near term goals involve posting three builds. Two of them,...
Videos of??? (and please don't say cats..)
How about getting the ball rolling by filling us in on your build resolutions for the new year?:)
You may find what you need here OpenBuilds Parts | OpenBuilds As for which system to use, use what you know/what you've got. Lacking that, most...
A couple more issues you need to consider. First is the amount of weight you will have swinging around way up in the air as the gantries move...
You might consider installing a lower pitch screw if the nema 23 doesn't hold it. You'll also get better vertical resolution as a side benefit.
Where this really becomes critical is when steel rack is rigidly attached to aluminum rail. The coefficient of expansion for aluminum is roughly...
Remember, cutting fluid is intended to be a coolant not a lubricant. As long as you're getting good evaporation/cooling and not pushing the flash...
My apologies for the misguided initial thoughts as I wasn't quite following where you were wanting to go with this. Based on some simple...
That plus the Arduino Uno, a power supply, stepper motors and wiring. An emergency stop button is not required but a good idea.
I'm no expert on the subject but that board indicates it is only capable of running 2 steppers and you need to run 3. I suggest sending it back...
Sorry, I was presuming that you would be recessing the nuts into the backside of the board. Drilling them after mounting the board just does more...
While I applaud your desire to use a V-slot based system, once you've priced 24 wheels, 6 plates, 2 lengths of rail plus a number of assorted...
Generally this is caused by loose set screws in the pulleys so best guess would be to start there.
The only potential problem would be knocking the 45 degree angles at the top off a slight bit. which would in turn affect how the wheels ride....
Garolite.
First thought from the title of this thread was "just where exactly do you plan to put that stick that won't make the ox mad..."? But seriously,...
7 XL plates. There are 2 plates back to back between the X and Z axes.
Somewhere back in this thread there is a nice design showing outrigger wheels used to stabilize the plate but I can't seem to put a finger on it...
I might suggest too that if you have compressed air in the shop it's great for blowing the particulates out of the channels.