[Bubba]

triberman,
If you put ballscrews on it, you will have a problem trying to do manual wheel turning. The force of the cutter or any other external force will move the table! If you try to leave the steppers/servos "locked" and do it that way, it won't work either. If you apply enough force (and it will be quite a bit), the motors will either return the table to original position or it will fault out and freewheel.

When I started this cnc thing, I also thought I "need" to be able to do the manual thing. How wrong I was. I have now gotten used to the keyboard input and my machine doesn't even have handwheels on it.

[triberman]

I've gotten in the habit of holding the idle handwheel on the ez-trak cnc I run when I do something manual. It seems to work for me, but then again the amount of "drift" is minimal. The ajax cnc looks sweet too, hardened and ground ways and all..
I talked to american express about covering me if something goes wrong with a machine purchased through paypal on ebay and they said no problem. Just report a fraudulent action and they go after the seller for the money. I guess I have to think about it. Thanks for the replies!

[triberman]

Has anyone used these servo's? I can't seem to find many sources for servo's that say they will work with gecko's and are powerful enough for the IH mill. Or maybe know another source?
The site does'nt give rpm, amp, or nothin'. Thanks...

http://www.lowcostcncretrofits.com/


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