Hi everyone,
I was hoping someone could shed some light for me on the stepper motors that come with the Chinese 3040 machines. I'm tired of the "guess and check" method for getting the motors tuned in Mach 3 and I'd like to get them as accurate as I can. Obviously, I can't do any calculations without the number of steps on these motors.
I've tried to count the steps but it's pretty hard to accurately count, since it's easy to overturn the hand wheel and go two or three steps further. I ended up counting near 100 steps. I'm not sure if it would ever be standard for a motor to have, say, 104 steps, or 97 steps. So I figure by counting and getting a number that is fairly close but maybe not perfect, I might be able to assume these are 100 step. Would it be safe to make this assumption?
Does anyone else use these motors, and have you confirmed how many steps the motors have? I forget what the micro step setting is on the driver (James Newton drivers, super awesome drivers!) but that is much easier to determine.
Thanks!