New member, Lagun Mill

[Smokie555]

Ahh, stepper 23 & 34 case size = inches. I have read that over sizing the motors apart from being bulkier and more expensive, results in a slower machine? I thought the speed would remain regardless of size.
Unfortunately my universal mill has a fixed head and therefore no moving quill as per pic’s. My measurement of 9.5 lbs feet of torque to move the Z axis is around 1800 oz in, of course I need to be able to plunge and cut etc so with 2:1 gear reduction I thought I would be ok. But with the X & Y requiring a fraction of the torque to move the tables I maybe need to look at 2.3” steppers for these.
I take your point that backlash is a problem that won’t go away but I am reluctant to start into a ball screw conversion until I’m confident I can get the CNC stuff working. Where do the UK people on the forum buy their hardware from?

Sorry for the daft questions and thanks for the advice