Re: small 3-axis micro stepper(Tim's Rant)

<SNIP>My suggestion to Jared is go for it and get started. The

> board will definitely run the mill. We used less for years and it

will

> be a major improvement over a unipolar drive.
>
> Just remember, the goal is to get a machine running reliable, not to
> build the most optimum setup under heaven.
>
> Tim
> [Denver CO]
>
>

Atta boy TIM!! Sometimes we tend to loose perspective in this
hobby. A lot of the posts start to look like the proverbal "how many
angels can dance on the head of a pin" argument. We should encourage
people to get involved in this hobby. The learning experience of
building and using a machine that you made with your hands is one of
the big payoffs. The very first time your machine cuts a perfect
object (even just a simple square) is an experience that is hard to
describe. Let's encourage the readers to share their dreams. Let's
mentor them and gently help them with their questions. If they don't
give us enough information it is normally because they don't know to
do it. Some of the responses tend to come across in a "I'm a whole
lot smarter than you" vein. Perhaps that is not the way they are
meant but we should never do anything to discourage a newbee.

The longer I live the more I understand that everyone has a
contribution to make and skills in doing different things. I know a
whole lot more about electronics and computers than my old (older
than me!) welder friend down the street but I always spend several
hours a week in his shop because he's forgotten more about working
with metal than I can learn in the next 10 years! I am constantly
amazed at the machinery he fixes and builds with just crude tools (by
our definition).

While many of the members go on about 20X this and .0001 that, some
of us quietly build our machines using the cut-and-try methods based
on the theory it's quicker to build something and make changes than
it is to design the perfect machine.

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