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    Quote Originally Posted by pippin88 View Post
    Don't cut the tube. Add diagonal braces and end caps (welded, glued, or bolted).

    Don't worry about weight. My dual drive 381 Oz in steppers will throw around my 100kg gantry system at 20metres/min.
    Thank you for advice,
    how big is your machine ?
    what size pitch and ball screws you using to move gantry, have you used pulleys, if so what ratio.?

    Regards Paul
    Last edited by Crunch; 03-05-2019 at 05:20 PM.
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