Quote Originally Posted by reefy86 View Post
having a hard time figuring out where the best place is to have the y axis motor. this is how i have it at the moment but im sure there is better solutions. didnt want the motor to be on the outside as that would mean the ballscrew would have to be longer.

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That will be fine. You could also turn the motor 180' so that you don't have to cut into the gantry plate.

Edit: Have you got the pulley ratio the wrong way round ie are you trying to speed the screw up?