Hi I am reengineering my 3D printer around a very sturdy Z axis assembly I found surplus.
I don't think my Nema 17 motor is enough to do the job anymore but looking at specs it seems the drivers on my Azteeg X3 don't handle loads bigger than what most nema 17 put out.
I know from the Azteeg X3 manufacturer that I can remove a driver chip and tap into the pins so I can use an external driver board, but I don't know what boards to get. Most vendors I am familiar with will sell larger steppers but the driver boards they sell only go up to 2A.
Do you guys have any recommendations. I will need a torquey nema 23 or possibly one larger.
The assembly I found runs on a high end BEI dc motor with encoder and has a 3/8 output shaft. (Im still waiting for the manufacturer to give me specs on it) it looks like it was designed to carry a bit more load than what I will be putting on it.... Ill attach pics...
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I don't think my Nema 17 motor is enough to do the job anymore but looking at specs it seems the drivers on my Azteeg X3 don't handle loads bigger than what most nema 17 put out.
I know from the Azteeg X3 manufacturer that I can remove a driver chip and tap into the pins so I can use an external driver board, but I don't know what boards to get. Most vendors I am familiar with will sell larger steppers but the driver boards they sell only go up to 2A.
Do you guys have any recommendations. I will need a torquey nema 23 or possibly one larger.
The assembly I found runs on a high end BEI dc motor with encoder and has a 3/8 output shaft. (Im still waiting for the manufacturer to give me specs on it) it looks like it was designed to carry a bit more load than what I will be putting on it.... Ill attach pics...
