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  1. #1
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    belt driven CNC

    hi, im looking to build a lower priced cnc, im therefore looking into a belt driven machine, im struggling to find much information on them however. the imforamation i am finding im getting a bit confused with.

    will there be a torque loss with a belt design?, can you controll the stepper rpm or do i need to use a second belt to gear it down? should i even reduce the speed with a belt or simply a couple of spur gears?

    many thanks

  2. #2
    Attached is a picture of mine. For the belts and stuff I purchased them from here:
    http://stores.ebay.com/HUBBARD-CNC-INC

    Hope that helps.

    I did not need a second pulley at all. I have 2 8 wire 282 oz motors for the Y axis. 1 of the same for the Z axis. And a single 425 ox 8 wire motor for the X axis. I am using a 4 wire bipolar controller and everything works just fine for me.

    Just need to re-plain the top of the work area to be even with my cutter again. Today I rebuilt everything trying new designs but what I was trying didn't work. The machine works fine though.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails BigMachine-001.jpg  
    Please check out my CNC blog
    http://cncinside.com

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