As expected, the diabolical upgrade went smoothly, and the device is ready for testing/operation again. The new movement screw forces faster movement, though at higher torque. Since my motors can’t handle extremely high torque, I was forced to lower the rate I send commands to my motors.
Even so, this one new screw should nearly triple the overall speed of the device, which is excellent. I may be able to improve that further by taking advantage of acceleration curves, or by upgrading the motor driving this screw, but we’ll see how things turn out in the days and weeks to come.