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New interface card Smoothstepper with BoB and MPG from CNC4PC US
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Testing before install
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New interface installed
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Before I ordered those screws I measured motor's torque with different RPM
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New ballscrews from Zapp Automation UK. Cost about 390 eur.
20mm pitch for X- axis and Y-axis and for Z-axis I decided to use 5mm pitch
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Machining the screws. Those are pretty hard metal.
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Milling with lathe
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Ballnut block for Y-axis
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Centering
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More space for new ball bearing
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Bracket for X-axis ballnut
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Need more space for Z-axis screw
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Z-axis ballnut block
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I had to make all these parts with lathe because...
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...my milling machine looked like this
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New motor mounting for Z-axis
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After testing I'm pretty happy with new system.
X & Y axis speeds are now about 2500-3000mm/min (before 400mm/min)
Z axis speed is about 500mm/min (before 110mm/min)