CNC Router Blog 2: Motors and electronics

Assembling Taurino + RAMPS, driving Nema 23 stepper motors with DRV8825 drivers and 6 opto endstops. I'm using Marlin firmware configured to drive the 2 Y-axis motors using 2 separate driver chips to get more torque. This video contains a few useful tips about configuring Marlin to run a CNC router rather than a 3D printer, and driving larger than normal motors. In my next video I'll move onto the body of the machine and attempt to modify the design of a C-beam based linear actuator to use lasercut acrylic rather than aluminium parts, so I can hopefully make most of the actuator (apart from the C-beam of course) in my own workshop. I've been asked what Marlin configuration I used for this - here are the files: birchenough.co.uk/marlin_conf_for_cnc_router.zip

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