Thread: Gear reducing kit recommendation
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24-12-2020 #11
Thank you for your reply!
I appreciate your efforts on forum and have been reading a lot of your posts lately. I have also seen vertical cnc machine you have put together, really nice work. I was surprised that that long screws worked that well, until then I thought that screws on machine that big are ridiculous, but you managed it with high pitch screws to avoid whip.
I have also seen design for rotating ball nut made by forum member Jonathan. Those seem really well made and simple. I have sent him the PM if he is willing to sell me 3 of those. But he has not been on forum for about 6 months, so I don't know if that will happen.
You are probably right about those Chinese gear reduction units. They are one piece units, yes, which is bad. And even if I get a high quality rack, there is no sense in getting a low quality gearbox.
My thoughts about servos are the same as yours. They have their place, but for my purposes they are overkill and added complexity (and cost). With proper steppers I should get if not same then very close results. If my steppers are missing stepps while carving or routing, then something else is wrong. And high rapids are not so important to me.
I like the idea of using ball screws with rotating nut, but have trouble finding them. But what is high precision in this case?
I was looking at a C7 grade 2525 ballscrew with machined ends. Price with delivery for 2 of those (3m) is 800 Euro (C7 grade, accuracy 0.05mm/300mm). From here:
https://www.tuli-shop.com/ball-screw-shaft ).
Will this be precise enough for 3d carving? This site does not offer more precise ballscrews with that high pitch. 3232 ballscrews would be about 100 Eur more (C7).
Another option I was looking for were racks. Was looking for Q6 or Q7 racks. Found Q6 racks here (with predrilled holes which is bonus), mod2
https://www.damencnc.com/en/straight...2010-6mm/a2687
They would cost me about 180 Euro/m
I was thinking about using their anti backlash worm gearbox with double pinions (ratio 5:1). But they are quite expensive (360 Euro per piece for gearbox + mounting plates for nema34).
https://www.damencnc.com/en/r-p-driv...15t/a554?c=364
Whole setup with a straight rack from this shop would cost me about 2300 euros for the x and y axis.
I have not looked into helical racks, if you know where to find suitable ones, please let me know. But I see that they are pretty rare in DIY router versions. And so is rotating ball nut.
At the moment, because I am unable to find rotating ballnut, my option is rack and pinion.
I will also look into 3 phase Closed loop steppers with 220Vac you mentioned.
What do you think about rack and pinion setup I mentioned here?
Im stuck here for weeks now :D
Thank you for helping.
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