Jocman wrote: I'm finding it's not really easy to get the full coupler (6+spider+14).
One of the lot of reasons I love US, is the fact that you can find almost "everything", even if you're a "lesser being". Here in Italy if you're not a tycoon, it's really hard to find a company (don't dare to think about "shops") which will sell you something; and for sure, absolutely not cheap. And even if you find a "specialized shop" for "lesser beings" , the most of time they ask you "what the hell is that???".... specialized shops.....
Thus, I'll search the best solution I can, even the "chinese allied".
Change my setup from "direct driven" to "belt driven" won't be so easy (at least to me), so I think I'll keep my setup.
I thought the Oldham or Lovejoy couplings were UK based. On the other side of the world, I ended up with a very overpriced one made in Thailand from my bearing shop.
Also the belt drive is not that hard. The guys here made me change mine from direct drive to belt driven reduction and I made it bolt on where the motor was. See this thread from Page 2.
forum.linuxcnc.org/30-cnc-machines/31509...pinion-drive?start=0
