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  1. #1
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    Two servos for Y axis?

    Hi all, I'm documenting a build on my site, thunderdork.com.

    I bought a servo kit from Keling/Automation Technologies Inc. It came with the CNC4PC c11 breakout board and Gecko 320x drivers. I am at the point where I am wiring up the motors, controllers and breakout. I need to have two motors for the longer 8' y axis. Do I wire them to the same step/direction/com on the breakout and only use one encoder from the motors? Or do i use separate channels and set it up some sort of ganging in mach3/emc2?

    Thanks for any help you might have?

  2. #2
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    If you're using Mach3, you set them up as two separate axis and slave them in the software.
    Gerry

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