Aaron If you told us more specific you would get better answers. eg size of steppers, driver type, voltage of power supply type of lead screw and acceleration settings would be a good start.
Chris M > From: glenn....@batnet.coma > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:06:24 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Slow axis router > > Aaron, > > If you look at what the commercial guys can do, you will see what the > ultimate ceiling is for us hobbyists. I know the CNC Router from Haas (very > high-end machine) can do 2000 in/min (850 mm/s) in fast slew mode. Of > course, it can't cut at that speed. Anyway, I like to consider how long do > I want to wait as the machine goes from end to end. In your case that is > 100 sec. So how about 30 sec? Then you need about 3x from where you are > now. Good luck! > > Glenn > > -----Original Message----- > From: emc-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:emc-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of aaron Moore > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 10:08 AM > To: EMC userslist > Subject: [Emc-users] Slow axis router > > Hi > > Having built a 1.5 m x 1.5 m CNC gantry router used for woodwork, I am > still amazed that it works as well as it does, however I am now thinking > that the axis should be moving a little bit faster ( I recently costed a job > that would have taken 15 hours to cut which seems a bit excessive). > > It is set to run at 15mm per second max velocity, above that speed the > steppers start screaming and miss stepps. I know that the screws, bearings > and drive nuts are not that well aligned and whip about abit. I plan to fix > that soon, but I would like to know what sort of speed I should aim for. Is > there any one out there with a similar set up who could tell me what max > speed they are working to. > > All the best for the new year > > Aaron > > -- > Powered by Outblaze > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/events.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
