Re: 60oz. stepper motors!

I will be running them on a Harbor Freight Mini-Mill. It sounds like
you were able to cut steel. As far as rapid movements go, i will
just have to take my time. You have purchased the HobbyCNC kit
before? If so, is it easy to use and set up?

Thanks

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "John Guenther" <j.guenther@v...> wrote:
> I initially ran a set of these on my Sherline 5400, they were ok
for cutting
> but lacked power for rapid movements over 10 IPM. What kind of
machine are
> you going to use them on?
>
> John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jepps5 [mailto:bobby808@e...]
> > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 05:35
> > To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...
> > Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 60oz. stepper motors!
> >
> >
> > Would 60oz. stepper motors be enough to mill stainless steel? I
know
> > that everybody has big motors here but I dont have that much
money
> > to spend. I was wondering if I could just use slow feed rates to
cut
> > stainless steel with these stepper motors.
> >
> > The reason why i am asking is because HobbyCNC
> > (http://www.hobbycnc.com/package.htm) has a complete CNC package
for
> > cheap.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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