Hello,
what I have is.
bought used, then have now fitted new nema23's @3.1Nm - wired bi-polar parallel,
then have CW5045 drivers
wish to buy a usb smoothstepper bob = next purchase, then some mach3
primarily to cut wood and plastic
thinking ahead about the spindle, I think stock these use a 800watt kress spindle motor, does that mean they are not switched by the bob, and the speed control is on the router itself?
for now should I simply get one of those, be happy with that cutting wood and plastic,
or get the 2.2kw spindle liquid cooled, lower noise, switchable, 'bigger'? collet, knowing I can mill aluminium. I don't as yet have a mount
is the 2.2kw 80mm spindle too big and heavy for its z axis?
I gather, I need another psu, the vfd, the coolant lines rad and fan, with a pump, swap out the 3 pin metal plug on the 2.2kw for a 4 pin amphenol plastic water proof connection, fit an earth inside. run the power lines to it in heavy sheilded flex/wire,
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ALSO, what is foxing me is it has limit switches on both sides of all the gantries does that mean I can tell mach3 my work area, or is it simply a power of to that drive, so the motor don't squeal like a pig?
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