800X800 Build - Little to no knowledge of what I am doing…

[Tick]

Thank you for the pointers, I had wondered if my gantry was making life difficult, I was trying support the weight rather than hang it however I suspect I was trying to run before I could walk… The Z axis is the bit that I have found hardest to get my head around, I did indeed mean 5mm steel plate, your tooling plate suggestion seems like a much better solution, I will look at the Z completely afresh. Good to know that I am not too far off with the electronics, the idea of a belt driven 1610 to give me different gear ratios makes a lot of sense.

I really appreciate the help, building from scratch is a pretty daunting process but I do enjoy a challenge!

[JAZZCNC]

Good to know that I am not too far off with the electronics.

I really appreciate the help, building from scratch is a pretty daunting process but I do enjoy a challenge!

Ah, I didn't look at the electronics but you didn't really give much info other than motor size which doesn't really help as there are other factors that are important, like inductance and psu voltage, etc.Then you have the drives to consider which you don't mention.

Also, I don't know anything about the Oznest control, but if it's one of those Gbrl things which runs on arduino then I wouldn't bother, spend a little more and put a decent ethernet motion controller which runs on good software.

But your long way from needing any of that stuff and my advice would be don't buy any of the electronics until it's needed or close to being needed. Do the research and you'll see why Gbrl and all those tinpot control systems are a bad idea.

The building is easy enough provided you break it down into bite-size chunks, treat it like eating an elephant, one small bite at a time.