Terry Neilson wrote: > I should not have worded it as gear reduction. There are no gears, only > ratio reduction by belts. The Y belt is fairly long, it has the typical > setup with the motor mounted parallel to the y axis below the knee. The X > motor is mounted in a way that should make an easy mounting of an encoder at > the end of the lead screw like you suggested. > The only problem might be flapping of the long Y belt. You might need to put a tensioner roller on the back of the belt in the middle of both long sides, to prevent the belt from vibrating line a guitar string. (They may already have this installed.)
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