Saturday, May 21, 2011

Another battle in the string wars: cabled z-axis working



It took me 10 hours and fifty minutes to print the first print table bracket and I got a few measurements wrong, but it appears that the cabled z-axis concept is going to work.








Since the speed of the z-axis is not particularly critical, I intend to use a fairly high gear ratio between the NEMA 23 stepper and the lead screw that drives the cabling to insure that I have adequate force to overcome friction in the system.

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