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    Hmm, a 4 foot long belt is going to struggle.
    Makes a lot more sense to have a motor each end with much shorter belts.

    You're going to need big arse motors anyway.

    20watt 12v psu ? Not a chance in hell !

    think more along the lines oof 3-500 watt and 24 v.
    https://www.amazon.com/LETOUR-96V-24...532295&sr=8-48

    Your heated bed - assuming it's heated - will need a mosfet and be directly maind powered anyway. So the psu is just for the motors and electronics.

    no matter what you use for a bed, that thing will weight a LOT - it's going to take some really beefed up motors. at least one of these at each side of all your axis would be my minimal starting point: https://www.amazon.com/STEPPERONLINE...9531751&sr=8-6
    Assuming the bed moves, from the sketches all I can think is you are building an i3 design with moving bed.
    Not how I would go for that size - I'd either make a delta or a fixed bed cube with three axis extruder movement.

    The big issue is going to be momentum. The motor not only needs to move the weight of the gantry and printbed - but it has to be able to stop it instantly as well.

    board wise think more along the lines of s duet wifi 1.4 clone (or actual duet if you can afford it)
    You need something easy to upgrade and add bits to.
    The machine is makeable - but you need to drastically uprate your specifications :-)
    Last edited by curious aardvark; 01-20-2020 at 09:02 AM.

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