Thanks all for giving me to many options to choose from .

A dilemma is ongoing , but leaning towards Linear Stages from robotic stations . Reasons being , less bits and pieces to mess with . They are already pre-packaged in the stage . Matching up the ball screws 16 x 5 mm pitch in matching sets is a bit of a pain in the . Browsing the posts , happened to come across Don's build and then it stopped . http://www.cnczone.com/forums/cnc-wo...tuators-2.html

Would like to see his end result from his concept but . Motor configs is another dilemma . Neo7CNC and his tweaking to Schneider M drive has left an impressive impression . The Z stage being delivered this coming week already has an M 17 stepper on it already , so keeping it a uniformed build . Why not stay with Schneider and go either 23 s or 34 s . Mounting brackets would have to be gotten to match up the bolt pattern and then follow up with motor coupler .

The most annoying part was finding out the cost of support brackets to hold the X axis to the Y . $600 - $700 smackers . Forget that nonsense if keeping with factory built norms .

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Any input is more than welcome .

The actual foot print would be 5 ft x 5 ft but still leave room for sizing up or down from moving the stages wider or narrower , for home shop . Shying away from the bulk of a non modular system ( frame included ) .

Or is this build going to get out of hand ?