Hey everyone, Ordered the 80mm mount as I have a 80mm spindle I’d like to try. Given the weight, considering upgrading the Z-axis stepper and was wondering if there is any guidance on what size stepper I should look at. Given the buildbotics should be able to handle most of the comparable Nema 23…

I am not understanding how a stepper motor would effect detail? From my experience when the stepper motors cant go as fast as the code is asking it too it just doesn’t get to those speeds. It runs slow but no detail or accuracy is lost. For example if you have your machine set to 350ipm and there ar…

But if the z is struggling to life the much heavier spindle might it lose some detail in the z motion?

I don’t have a lot of experience as I just switched to the larger spindle. I have only run one job and I did lose detail. I have run it multiple times and at different speeds with the same results. When using the makita router and mount this did not happen. I might switch back to the makita and …

All, Here’s what I’ve done so far. I got the honking big 114mm 425oz.in/3Nm stepper and installed it on my z-axis with my existing 65mm spindle. Everything seem to work fine without any other changes to software or my set up. I thought it might be a little overkill but hard to tell until I get the…

@Bumpski can you describe your detail loss more. I have my 80mm mount on the way and plan to start testing the larger spindle when it gets here.

Hey Patrice, now that the X-50 Rails are out, and the 80 mm Spindle Mount, which makes sense together, I wonder if the larger 1616 Ball Screw of the X-50 Rails, the thicker 50 mm rails themselves and their much larger linear bearings would be the good thing for a heavier Z Axis Gantry in order to b…

Making a sign with a patch that had very small words in the middle of it. With the makita I could read it easily and with the larger spindle I can not really make out the words. On the entire job this was the only issue I had. Overall it was much smoother and quieter but I would like to figure ou…

Did the 425 motor fit right into where the old one was or did you have to make some modifications to make it fit?

I have an 80mm 2.2KW spindle on my machine. Adding to this, I have upped my Z micro steps from 16 to 32 and the stock Z axis motor handles the larger spindle just fine. Here is the video I posted in the 1F Facebook page showing the machines behaviour with the larger spindle and finer Microstepping a…

Upgrading stepper motor for 80mm Spindle

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Funny, you not only aligned the spindles and the steppers by their size, but the feet also

Drag Chain and wire gauge

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Upgrading stepper motor for 80mm Spindle

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