RE: thinking about a sherline conversion

Here is my $.02 for what it is worth.

Buy one of Dan's Camtronics 2 amp controllers
http://www.seanet.com/~dmauch/ ).
Here are the reasons:
It is plenty beefy for a Sherline
He is on the list and will help you out
He is a good guy to deal with
He specializes in this motion control stuff for us hobbyists
He will answer your questions in a way you can understand
Dan has a series of articles in Nuts N Volts that will walk you through
building it step by step.

Get Dan's Sherline mounting adapters.
Get some 100 in/oz or so steppers from Dan.

Pick any software you feel comfortable with. Yes, Linux is a pain and I
laugh every time I hear the news talking about how it is real competition
for Microsoft, but EMC is so good that I am willing to put up with it on my
machine controller.

Hope that gives you some ideas. Herback is a great company to deal with, but
they are a surplus house and will not have the level of support or expertise
that Dan can give you on the controller.


Tim
[Denver, CO]

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> I am going to do a conversion on a sherline lathe and I am wondering if
> somebody from the list could tell me if this setup would work. I
> really dont
> want to learn another OS just to control the stepper motors.(linux, Keep
> hearing too many questions that I dont understand). Ahh for the
> good old days
> of cam controled single spindle screw machines. LOL I would
> appreciate any
> help figuring this out. Has any body done any work with the
> stepper control
> from herbach and rademan(?) . <A
> HREF="http://www.herbach.com/">Herbach and
> Rademan - Surplus Electro-mechanical & Scientific Equipment</A> . I have
> thought about buying one of thier controlers and seeing if i can
> figure out
> how to make it work. Thank You
>
>
> Gerald
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