Hi
I have recently finished building my Steel Router (See 3D Cad File!) and it is working great apart from a consistant problem with the Y Axis losing Steps.
I designed the Router myself after looking at all the designs around, and used all the good ideas!
The main frame is made from 60mm x 2mm wall Steel Box Section, and the Gantry is made from 30mm x 1.5mm wall Box Steel Section and it is quite strong
It has a working range of approx. 1000mm x 600mm x 150mm and uses 5mm Screws on the X & Y Axis and a 3mm Screw on the Z Axis.
I have just changed it over to a 2050w Router to replace the 701w Tile Cutter router that I was using, and it is much better cutting.
Now onto the actual problem, I use Mach2 and the fastest cutting speed I can use is 1200mm/min which works out to just over 47" per Minute.
If I cut any faster the Y Axis loses Steps, there is no drag on any of the screws, I can easily turn them by hand.
The other Axis do not lose their Steps, I would have thought the X Axis with the most load on it would be the first one to have a problem.
Am I expecting too much or do you think that I have a problem?
Any ideas much appreciated.
Thanks
Andy
P.S I will post some actual photos when I get around to taking some and not cutting wood