There's your problem, you need to ramp up and down the speed with a stepper, otherwise it will simply stall as it has to obey the laws of physics (it has inertia - especially true of a large stepper).
How much microstepping are you using?
There's your problem, you need to ramp up and down the speed with a stepper, otherwise it will simply stall as it has to obey the laws of physics (it has inertia - especially true of a large stepper).
How much microstepping are you using?