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  1. Re: Supported round rails and C5 ground ballscrew

    No point going with expensive screws and keeping round rails.

    Profile / square linear bearings are FAR superior to round rails
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    BUILD LOG: Re: Planning my first CNC machine

    Lifting Z is a good stiff design.

    But having the X and Y down the bottom is weird.
    You have 4 rails on the X axis - this is a lot of added expense, but worse will be the difficulty of aligning 4...
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    BUILD LOG: Re: Building a machine to mimic a robot...

    Workpiece mounted on blue rotates? A polar axis.

    Currently you have X (yellow, side to side), Z (column up and down), and polar (blue)

    Do you plan to do many flat surfaces?
    If you want to do...
  4. Re: Servo Motor Rated Speeds, Max Speed & Gearing

    Delta do have torque graphs. They have a good manual which is partly why they are worth paying for.

    You will get 100% torque to rated speed then it will drop off to max speed.

    You then have...
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    Re: What size profile rails for Y axis?

    For a wood router 15mm profile rails are more than enough load wise.

    Bigger rails are sometimes easier for a couple of reasons:
    Bigger mounting screws - easier to tap the holes

    Slightly more...
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    Re: Stepper motor power supply

    Are you sure they have the option of 24vdc and 80vac input? Those numbers don't match up.
  7. Re: Big Epoxy Granite machine, Which frame is better ?

    Kern uses aluminium for the linear rail mounting I believe. They cool / thermally control all the mounting surfaces.
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    Re: My sizes are out

    Have you measured your backlash? You need to check backlash.
  9. Re: A couple of beginner questions... Profile sizes and cutting area size.

    The axes are defined with you standing how you would actually use the machine.

    Side to side is X. X+ is the cutter moving to the right. Towards you and away from you is Y. Y+ is the cutter moving...
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    Re: Suitable cable chain

    In my experience, wider is much easier. You can run out of room fast.

    An important consideration is bend radius. You don't want too small / tight radius as it's bad for cables (radius needs to be...
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    NEW MEMBER: Re: New Boy introduction

    You want diagonal bracing in the tube, not a horizontal plate. This can be done by stitch welding vertical plates within the tube at a few places and welding on end plates.

    The gantry is subject...
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    NEW MEMBER: Re: New Boy introduction

    The convention for axis labelling is:

    Standing how you will use the machine:
    X is left and right
    Y is towards and away from you
    Z is up and down

    It is this way because that is how you design...
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