Friday 30 October 2015

NEMA 17 Stepper motors

The printer requires 5 stepper motors. X and Y axis use one each, Z is using two and one for extruder. I spent way too much time figuring out what kind of stepper motors I would get. Based on the information and advices I found, I tried to choose reasonably priced, under 2A stepper with close to 0.44 Nm holding torque. I was trying to make my mind up between 42BYGHW609 and 17HS4417. Both have very similar specs but I was able to find 5 pcs located with 53e shipping included from Germany instead of China. So they should arrive a bit sooner and no need to pay tax or custom fees.

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