Re: Smart Motor hopes dashed

oh, i know its not the end of the world, but it sure would have made
my cnc world a little easier to deal with... there are just to many
damn choices out there for components... i just didn't want to
maintain a cabinet of gear thats all and now i will have to... is
that so wrong...? hehehehe

methadras

"the frustrated CNC retrofitter"

>
> > so if any of you are brave or rich enough to buy a system like

this,

> > then this is the one i would recommend... but i'm gonna start

parting

> > out my stuff... now i have to endure which

drivers/motors/controllers

> > i will have to select to get my job done... this will be time
> > consuming to measure, but i really have no choice now...
>
> Hey man, it is *not* the end of the world. Figure you can spend per
> axis $100 on a driver (Gecko), $50-65 for the encoder (US digital)
> allow $200 to get quite a motor (various surplus sources), and you
> should be able to afford a power supply and any of the popular
> software packages with the money left over from your previous budget
> of $500/axis.
>
> Chris Stratton
>
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> Christopher C. Stratton
> Engineer, Instrument Maker, and Horn Player
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