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Ok I misunderstood. Thought you were converting completely to belt drive not just wanting to connect motors. Forget what I said that doesn't apply in this case.

Still use HTD thou.

First, convert to a belt drive from what.?

HTD is the belt to use. Pulley size will depend on how you do it and the resolution you want. Don't think because it's a 5mm pitch belt that's the actual...

Not so Odd actually, I get asked for this often, usually by model makers or RC guys.

I would personally run the smallest gear possible as there us less weight to turn

HTD 5 would be a better belt and pulley

https://www.beltingonline.com/timing-pulleys-bars-272/

Unhelpful answer, but why T5 and not e.g. HTD? or GT2?, improved backlash and better high speed performance (random google).

#1 heavy built router
#2 ~800x450x150
#3 ~1200x800x400(height not critical)
#4 bench top
#5 aluminium bias (speed feed) with suboptimal for wood

My needs are a bit odd. Need to cut fairly...

Looks like a roughing pass to me. I don't use F360 so not much help with it but I'd look to see if it's only spitting out the roughing pass and missing the finish pass.?

What is your step over amount?

What cutter are you using and what is the stepover?

Two areas of interest:

Mechanical
#1 Mill
#2 X,Y, Z : 500x200x150
#3 1m x 0.8M x Z=?? (fit in the shed)
#4 Bench-top
#4 Ali, brass, mild steel

Electrical (PCB, etc)

#1 Router
#2 X,Y As much as will practically fit onto #3. Z 60mm max.
#3 1m x 1.3m
#4 Benchtop (I'll need to move it a long way soon-ish)
#4 Plywood, hardwood, some acrylic

#1 Machine type, Mill
#2 Cutting area X 300min, Y 200 min, Z 300min
#3 Ideal overall footprint no greater than an 8 foot cube (Like the mix of metric for small & imperial for big? I really do...

Ok I'm curious to what cutting area suits people best.? Obviously we'd all like the largest cutting area possible but the reality is most of us have limited workshop space. So what I'm really asking...

Wow! That's going into the "don't try this at home, kids" book :)

thanks for the reply and advice,,,,,,what controllers/breakout boards would you recomend for an atc spindle setup,,,,,the controller in the machine is a chinese MKX -IV,,,,,,

Dude, what did you do to them? :)

Well, wouldn't worry about the gantry not being suitable because it's more than strong enough. However, because the rails don't go all the way to the ends then you would have to use a wine rack type...

i have a 10*5 chinese machine with a 4.5kw spindle,,,running mach3,,,,,the machine works great with the only issues being user error,,,,,i want to upgrade to atc ,,the constant changing and zeroing...

I've not used the air-cooled but I have the Water-cooled version from this seller, in fact, I've just fit 3Kw BT30 model to a machine.

They come with a Fulling 3.7Kw VFD which was a bit of a bear...

If you want the best machine then you must bite the bullet and go with Profiled linear rails. If not then you are wasting your time worrying about things like COG or plate thickness because Boyan is...

I have done that and agree. But all went well when i opened carriages, cleaned them from scrap , lubricated them and problem solved. Work fine

It's a stepper motor, NEMA is, well, have a read -

https://www.nema.org/pages/default.aspx

:D

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I did the lithophane a couple of years ago and only just got round to making it up in a frame.
It makes a difference when lit.
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The frame outside is clad in mirror perspex. It is...

I have a piece of my late father-in-laws work from his pre-war Army training in the Signals. It is a test piece, a steel plate with a 1" square hole and in the hole is a friction fit 1" steel square....