RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Linear Motion Parts Source for Hobbyists ?

Hello Balsa Dust,

First for the off topic question, what type of model airplanes do you fly? I
am an indoor free flight nut. Details at http://www.IndoorDuration.com

You will get lots of suggestions and most of them will be good. You can
frequently get good deals on some of the parts you are looking for on E-bay.
I have used MSC ( www.mscdirect.com ), McMaster Carr ( www.Mcmaster.com ),
Reid ( www.reidtool.com ) for a variety of the parts you are looking at.

Drives are another area that you have quite a few choices. Gecko 9
www.geckodrive.com ) has become a very popular unit on the list if you are
willing to spend a little more, but prefer to have a fully built and ready
to go unit. I am selling a close-out old revision of the Gecko G201 at a
healthy discount. Contact me off list if interested (
timg@... ). Camtronics ( http://www.seanet.com/~dmauch/ ) has a
nice 2 amp chopper bipolar drive kit also that many people on the list have
built. I am not familiar with the drives you have mentioned, but they look
to be a unipolar resistor type drive which is considered to be lower
performance than all the ones I have mentioned above.

Regarding the software there are a number of choices. I am an EMC (
www.linuxcnc.org ) fan. Master 5 has gotten good reviews, but is known to be
picky about motherboards and has a limited pulse rate. CNC Pro is another
popular choice on the list ( www.YeagerAutomation.com ). Another one I
forget all the time is Turbo CNC ( http://www.dakeng.com/turbo.htm ).
Basically try them out and see what you like.

Welcome to the list.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Balsa Dust [mailto:toolingrus@...]
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 11:16 AM
> To: CNC Yahoo Group
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Linear Motion Parts Source for Hobbyists ?
>
>
> I would like to build a moderately priced cnc router to make balsa model
> airplane ribs. I would like to find a source that sells linear motion
> products (ball screws, rack and pinion, timing belt etc.) to hobbyists
> preferably with online ordering. I would also like to hear feedback on
> stepper motor controllers and software (I've downloaded the "Master 5 CNC"
> demo and have been looking at the "Hobby CNC 3 axis CNC Package" at
> http://hometown.aol.com/drigotti/pages/package.htm )
>
> Any feedback or suggestions would be much appreciated.
> Thanks
>
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