I don't really have a good reason, more exploring options and thinking out loud, not really wanting to fight with the problems with gantries in LinuxCNC, the machines only has 3 motors and drives, now and these model drives, and motors and drives are discontinued so getting a matching one may be impossible (I know I could swap the Z or X to the 2nd Y). It looks like the mechanical drawbacks of trying to use 1 motor may be outweighing the configuration issues in Linuxcnc.
I am still in the stage of working out plans and strategies to propose to my superiors. You know they type, "Why do you want to spend a bunch of money upgrading the machine, its been running that way for the past 10 years", yeah and I am continually receiving complaints about the carving quality, asking me if there is anything I can do to improve it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Viesturs Lācis" <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:38:31 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive? 2014-06-12 3:34 GMT+03:00 Todd Zuercher <zuerc...@embarqmail.com>: > The machine is one that has had a problematic (under engineered drive train) > from the get-go. It is an 8 spindle gang router for wood carving, with a > 12ft long gantry that has about 5ft of travel (Y-axis). Could you please explain your reason, _why_ you do want to drive both ends of gantry with one motor? I have built several gantry machines, motor on each end, 2 of them are running with servo motors. Viesturs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
