On 02/21/2015 07:16 AM, Tobias Gogolin wrote: > So after understanding that a linear driven delta 3D Printer is the most > attractive tool to have in ones repertoire me and a friend, who has already > previous cnc mill building experience decided to get serious, and there is > one disagreement, he thinks he would be fine with inexpensive steppers, I > am suggesting small geared brushless motors, Gears have backlash. Belt reduction would be better if you even need the reduction. Anyway, before making a choice, you need to know how much the backlash is on those gearheads, and how much that translates to on the complete machine. (I'm normally a servo bigot, but if servos require adding backlash, that may turn them into a minus.)
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