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12-11-2015, 03:01 PM #3
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Hey saw your post before you deleted it
OK. Yeah the new actuator has a nema 23 motor that I think can drive that leadscrew with enough power for the bed.... When I was first thinking of the design I was thinking about changing from a Nema 17 to 23 and adding the GT3 belt instead to handle the extra weight.
One other thing I need to look into is backlash on that openbuilds actuator kit and how fast it can actually move.
There are still some things that I haven't figured out from a high level such as how I would want to do the end stop etc....
Also heat bed control might be a little bit weird since I have two that are running at the same time. I might need to change to a higher capacity solid state relay too...
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