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Dual motor control

Discussion in 'CNC Mills/Routers' started by Andre Dethioux, Nov 25, 2023.

  1. Andre Dethioux

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    Hello all!

    Very new to all of this, so forgive any stupid noobie questions I have, and yes I did search.

    I am in the process of converting a small mini-mill to CNC.

    Question: I would like to use 2 steppers to control the head on the Z-axis. I am using Arduino with 4 port shield. How would i get the 2 motors to run the same?
    Can I just parallel the two stepper drivers or is there another method?

    T.I.A

    Andre Dethioux
     
  2. David the swarfer

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    iirc the shield has jumpers to pair x or y to the 4th driver
     
  3. Andre Dethioux

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    Okay, seems it is as simple as jumpers... Thanks to Willysgarage cncshieldCLONE.jpg
     

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