GeorgiePorgie
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I'm gonna turn my Mini Lathe into CNC but a question if you will.
I already have the stepper motors and drivers and bits and pieces for making a CNC,but thats a project coming up in the warmer weather.
As I aquired these from ArcEuroTrade I'm thinking of getting the smaller steppers(£15 each) from the guy but will have to enquire whether these are capable of driving the leadscrew/saddle and the crossfeed?
Anyway to the point, with the stepper motor on the lead screw I'm assuming I won't have to change any of the gears when turning screw threads...am I right or wrong on this?
I'l be running
Mach3 and have also MasterCamX
I already have the stepper motors and drivers and bits and pieces for making a CNC,but thats a project coming up in the warmer weather.
As I aquired these from ArcEuroTrade I'm thinking of getting the smaller steppers(£15 each) from the guy but will have to enquire whether these are capable of driving the leadscrew/saddle and the crossfeed?
Anyway to the point, with the stepper motor on the lead screw I'm assuming I won't have to change any of the gears when turning screw threads...am I right or wrong on this?
I'l be running
Mach3 and have also MasterCamX