Hi, im thinking of building a 6 axis robot arm.using nema 23 425oz steppers.
I am assuming mach3 will control it. Its for trimming vacuum formed plastic parts.
What im thinking about is using the steppers on 1/2 step mode and bolting 100ppr encoders on the back of them,(giving 400 pulses per rev)
I would like to do is then manipulate the arm by hand and record the pulses,which could then be somehow turned into machine commands, and replayed as a program.
Is this a goer or a non-starter? any thoughts?
Tony