Originally Posted by
EWARREN
I am also looking at joe's machine and am new to cnc. One question I have is by having two motors 2 motors driving the y axis, does that require an additional board? The reason I ask is that I might want to add a 4th axis and was wondering how hard it would be to do this. Also, are there any examples of adding a 4th axis on joe's forum?
Thanks
Eric
I have bought the plans and am in the process of collecting the parts for my build.
Yes the Y axis requires 2 separate stepper drivers. So if you add a 4th axis you will need 5 drivers.
There are several members of his forum who have added a 4th axis (rotary axis) to their machine.
I can't say enough about the forum, joe, and the other forum members the $100 for the plans is great value for all the tech support and advice you get from the forums.
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