When cleaning up my PC I found this old footage from my MightyMill build. As I see questions relating to this come by often on the various discord channels, I thought it was a good idea to upload a demonstration of how simple it can be when you have modern control software on a servo drive.
Hey mate, great project on the Kitamura. Would love to talk abit with you if you can. Im on my way of building my cnc with centroid hickory and getting B3 Delta servos too on it. Would love to talk about the general build itself. I learn alot with others! Best Regards from Portugal
This is really interesting!! I'm considering servos instead of Nema23s. On aliexpress, the IHS57 seems to run around $100 a piece, where the 200W A3 looks like they're around $400? I'm still learning about this, but it feels like I'm missing something
I used the IHS57 before and i was not a big fan. U can usually find these used for 50-75 USD floating around. The delta servos require a drive which makes it more expensive. The IHSV57 has it build in. The IHS57 generally cant work with 10mm pitch screws or bigger. On 5mm screws they work decently. Althrough the software toolset is just bad. Can't compare that to a Delta set for example. Expect to pay about ~360 USD for a 300w delta B3 set (incl cabling etc)
@@mmmikem single servo kit yes. Considering i have used both. I would either spend the money and buy a proper set or KISS and stay with (closed loop) steppers. Most DIY builds are not stiff anyway to take full advantage of servos (my Mightymill build is not stiff enough to get the most out of them for example).
@@BuildItAnyway that is wild!! I think you're right on the money here, doing it the right way is going to be more cost than the value it provides in my case. Thanks so much for taking the time to respond here, you've saved me going down a huge rabbit hole!
When cleaning up my PC I found this old footage from my MightyMill build. As I see questions relating to this come by often on the various discord channels, I thought it was a good idea to upload a demonstration of how simple it can be when you have modern control software on a servo drive.
Hey mate, great project on the Kitamura. Would love to talk abit with you if you can.
Im on my way of building my cnc with centroid hickory and getting B3 Delta servos too on it.
Would love to talk about the general build itself.
I learn alot with others!
Best Regards from Portugal
@@TMonteiro. hey, just hop on the discord!
This is really interesting!! I'm considering servos instead of Nema23s. On aliexpress, the IHS57 seems to run around $100 a piece, where the 200W A3 looks like they're around $400? I'm still learning about this, but it feels like I'm missing something
I used the IHS57 before and i was not a big fan. U can usually find these used for 50-75 USD floating around. The delta servos require a drive which makes it more expensive. The IHSV57 has it build in. The IHS57 generally cant work with 10mm pitch screws or bigger. On 5mm screws they work decently. Althrough the software toolset is just bad. Can't compare that to a Delta set for example. Expect to pay about ~360 USD for a 300w delta B3 set (incl cabling etc)
@@BuildItAnyway ahhh that's super helpful. When you say set, do you mean a single servo and drive? So it'd be $1440 to kit out a CNC?
@@mmmikem single servo kit yes. Considering i have used both. I would either spend the money and buy a proper set or KISS and stay with (closed loop) steppers. Most DIY builds are not stiff anyway to take full advantage of servos (my Mightymill build is not stiff enough to get the most out of them for example).
@@BuildItAnyway that is wild!! I think you're right on the money here, doing it the right way is going to be more cost than the value it provides in my case. Thanks so much for taking the time to respond here, you've saved me going down a huge rabbit hole!
Thanks for sharing. Looks super easy to tune them and well worth the extra bit of money. How do you find them overall so far?
Worked flawlessly on my mightymill I will hook some 1kw versions of them to my kitamura in a week or two. Will report my experience