First build - Mid-scale gantry router design

[Clive S]

Hi Clive, thanks for the reply.

I am designing as we speak. I use Autodesk Inventor for all projects, so I'll draw something up and post it here, hopefully later today.

Am I right in looking at sellers such as: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/prod...287879562.html ?

Am thinking the above (or the same from elsewhere) with a central stepper and timing belts to dual ballscrews for the X axis. I believe this is fairly standard.

Cheers,
Ellis

The folks on here quite often use Chai at liniermotionbearing2008 or BST at http://es.aliexpress.com/store/314742

With a machine 500 x 500 you might get away with one screw on X (others will chime in here) but if use two screws the choice is up to you, one motor driving both screws or two motors slaved.
Have a good read through some of the build logs to get ideas and copy if need be. ..Clive