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  1. #1
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    Aug 2005
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    Stepper motors in series?

    I was wondering if you were building a large mill would you use two setter motors in series rather than on large one to drive it? Like the legs of a router table, if they are suppose to move would you use one or two stepper motors to move them?

  2. #2
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    How do you plan to serialize two stepper motors? If you were trying to adjust the length of router table length in equivalent increments, it would be best to connect all the legs via cables, belts or chain to a single motor. If you want the router table to walk then use separate motors for each leg.

  3. #3
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    Aug 2005
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    I think a better word would be in parallel. I’m just starting to familiarize my self with router tables and basically this is kind of a router table design question. Well it sounds like its not a good idea, probably because 1 step on two different motors might be different, the pitch of the lead screw might not be uniform as well.

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