stepper & driver

Hi cnc folks,
My thinking on using oak to build a cnc router is that I already have the wood "free". with it screwed and glued together it will be light. Several coats of epoxy will solve most of the expansion problems where moisture is concerned. I plan to use metal ways for accuracy and ease of movement. The x axis rails will be tied together with metal bars so the expansion of the wood will not change the y axis width. Only one rail will be bolted tight to the wood the second will offer support only but will not act as a guide.
I have 50 ft of roller chain it is about the size of bicycle chain # 10 I would guess. I am thinking that I will put one piece on each side of the gantry to drive in the x axis. Each side will be driven by a # 33 frame motor {I think this is the right designation?} It's close anyway. I understand that. I that I can hook them up in series.
I would consider 30 to 50 inches a min. feed rate with 100 inches rapid traverse a complete success anything faster would be a bonus.
The Y and x axis would probably be driven by lead screw. I see no reason that a second motor on the y lead screw could not be added if needed also hooked up in series.
Any comments on the practicality of hooking motors in series would be a big help. Do you get double the power? Do they interfere with each other? Does this overload the drivers in some way. I assume power supplies have to be larger?
I have seen reference to this practice on line but no real detail as to, how.
Doug


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