Dual Y stepper motor for Ortur LM2 upgrade

[ednisley]

@pblais

want to upgrade my Ortur LM2 to have two Y stepper motors

What improvement do you expect?

Some previous discussions describe why you can’t just put two steppers on a controller not designed for separate homing to prevent gantry racking:

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