Stepper Motors

I was able to get my stepper motors turning today.  Ordering some couplings tonight, they should be on the mill soon.

I will be using Nema 23 570 oz steppers for the X and Y.  The z axis will be a Nema 34 906 oz.  All motors were purchased from automation technologies.

I also put some work into mounting the X and Y axis ballscrews.  Below are some photos of the operation.  Took quite a bit more grinding than I expected to get the X axis not to bind up.  I had to remove some casting bumps from the bottom of the deck which was unexpected.  But considering the casting was made in China.....what should I expect. Go USA!