Quote Originally Posted by AutoWiz View Post
Hey I have an idea. Instead of trying to get more stepper motors in play to lift more weight, how about applying some better engineering skills to your design? For example, here is my print bed at the bottom of it's travel. Please note the counterbalance weights are at the top of their travel..

I'm not using 4 steppers for weight reasons but for stability of the large bed. I have constant force springs instead of counterbalance weights. They're visible in the image. I would use two steppers alongside some linear guides but was running into issues with the linear guides jamming.