Hi everyone,
first of all thank you for all your help. (been reading for a couple of weeks now)
I have already built the table, gantry etc. just waiting for 16mm rails for z-axis but had some 1" steel bar off a table saw for the X and Y and was lucky enough to drop onto 8 x 1" linear pillow blocks on the bay for £40
I have ordered ball screws and nuts from motion products although after reading some posts i have also ordered a length of trapezoidal for the Z as I keep reading about the Z crashing onto the top when power is turned off with ball screws? so will try and cancel the z ballscrew and nut tomorrow as they haven't sent it yet.
I have a friends dad who can mill the screws for me so that has saved some cash. It is mainly made from 30mm HDPE but I won't be using it again as it is a pita to join so the design changed a few times so i could bolt it, then i found some hex head screws for brickwork that work a treat, other than that other than that it very easy to cut and plane (I have a woodwork shop which is my main job) it did need reinforcing along the base frame as it bent slightly but some steel angle sorted that out and is not visible. and as rough setup is within .1mm in every direction possible. The work area is smallish at about 60cm x 50cm but should be big enough for me, engraving, milling in wood and light steel.
My main problems are the electrics/electronics side as it is something i have never come across before.
I have just ordered the kress 1050 and these motors which are probably overkill
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=170295845816
2.8A @ 4.76V 4 phase & 3.8nm not sure if i have done right or not but my bidding finger jumped in.
i havent ordered the drivers, breakout board or power supply as yet, but from what i have read these are my options. I would really appreciate some feedback as to what to buy and if the larger drivers are needed or beneficial.
breakout boards:
http://www.motioncontrolproducts.co....99212289636b96
http://www.routoutcnc.com/lptcon.html
Drivers:
http://www.routoutcnc.com/lpkits.html
http://www.routoutcnc.com/10ampkits.html
http://www.motioncontrolproducts.co....99212289636b96
http://www.motioncontrolproducts.co....99212289636b96.
i would like to think i dont need the larger drivers (money thing) but if i do or will get a huge difference in performance then i dont mind shelling out the extra. I am presuming it would only be for the voltage.
I am also wanting to add 3 limit switches, 1 x e stop, and keep trying to figure out how to control the kress through mach3 as well but have no idea how other than i may need a relay board, but this can wait if to expensive.
Anyway sorry for the long post but hopefully someone will be able to help, and i am sure i will have more questions.