Re: Timing belts

If you are thinking wire drive machine you might want to check out my photos on the mach3 support forum.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,3368.0.html

The table is a little over 4' wide, it is lacking about 1" from being able to machine edge to edge on a 4' piece. The other axis has about 3' of cutting distance, it is open so I can index the piece and do longer.

The x is screw driven with wire looping to both sides to prevent racking. the y is totally wire driven, I will probably do a belt pulley reduction to get the resolution a little better on the y.

Z is just plain jane ballscrew.