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Belt drive

Posted by Ron Ginger
on 1999-12-15 06:54:01 UTC
I have ordered one of the new Grizzly mini-mills and plan to make a CNC
machine out of it. I am viewing the mill as a 'part machined kit of
castings' I expect to throw away just about everything except the
castings, scrape them to a good fit and build up from there.

I intend to use belt drive between the stepper motor and the leadscrews.
Are there any tips on setting the correct pulley ratio?

Anyone have a program that calculates belt length given pulley diameters
and center distance?

Where is the best place to order belts and pulleys?

What is best to tension the belt- slotted screws for mounting or an
idler pulley?

Ive got some nema34 steppers of 250oz/in rating. Are these likely to do
this small mill?

thanks for the tips,

ron

Discussion Thread

Ron Ginger 1999-12-15 06:54:01 UTC Belt drive Tim Goldstein 1999-12-15 08:04:13 UTC Re: Belt drive aolney 1999-12-15 07:39:29 UTC RE: Belt drive Rich Dean 1999-12-15 09:45:24 UTC Re: Belt drive Steve Carlisle 1999-12-15 17:18:35 UTC Re: Belt drive Bill Martin 1999-12-15 19:05:00 UTC Re: Belt drive