I have a Dewalt 611 and Mount for the X-Carve arriving tomorrow. My machine is the 500mm. I have read much about the sag when the Dewalt is mounted, but most posts seem to b referring to the larger X-Carve… Do you think tit will be necessary to stiffen my smaller machine as is being done with the larger ones?
We’ll see! 
I’m thinking maybe not.
I also have a 500mm machine, and just picked up a Makita today. The mount should come in this week. I also have NEMA 17 steppers, so I’ll be testing those to see if I need to go up to 23.
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I have the 611 and a dust shoe on my 500 size xcarve and there is no sag that I have detected.
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Thanks for the reply. I have 23 steppers. When i bought the X-Carve, i knew i would want to upgrade the spindle eventually, so i went ahead and upgraded the steppers. I also want to extend the footprint when i get more space. Hopefully in a few months. I did read somewhere about people upgrading the spindle with only NEMA 17"s with no issues. Good luck. Let us know how it goes.
Thanks for the info. I think i’ll just hold off. I plan on extending the footprint in a few months when ii finish some work on my house. I’ll just wait until then.
I still have the NEMA 17’s on X and y with a 23 on the z. I was going to put 23’s on the X and y but it is working so well right now I don’t want to mess with it.
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I don’t think Z would need to be 23 with the mechanical advantage of the lead screw. We shall see.
That is what I thought also. But I kept having issues with bad cuts and ruined projects due to the z axis digging into the work at the worst time.
Upgrading the z motor fixed that issue. And I have not had any other problems ( except for my own stupid mistakes) since then.
X-ray or a strange cell phone camera ? 