Recent content by Gary Campbell

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Jake... I see no reason not to frequent here, as long as the group will have me. I think the target market for the ClearPath line is stepper upgrade. I have access to their servo products, so at present, nothing planned. They are priced, and not surprisingly perform, midway between good...

Royce... Thanks for the info. Any chance you could send Jim's contact info to me via email or pm? I think that depending on the actual rpm you run on your mill, the dual setup could work, but I haven't been able to make it happen myself. I have dumped Mach as an OS in favor of WinCNC due to...

Royce... "I would just choose the SD version and run it as such. Mach3 will output SD for both position and spindle rotation." I searched long and hard and tested numerous products from multiple suppliers to finally end up with the dual motor configuration that I have. I have not heard of any...

LGSM3... I really like the ClearPath motors. I was surprised at the power it had from a NEMA34 footprint. Those steppers are 600+ ozin. Coupled with 5mm pitch screws they have plenty of torque. It takes close to 300 # on the scale to fault them. I do have 900 and 1200 ozin version I could...

Guys... I would like to say hello on my first post here. My day job is production manager and R & D for a company that manufactures 3 and 4 axis CNC machines ranging in size from 2' by 3' table top hobbyist to 20' plus commercial lengths. I have done R & D, programming, and design built...