Re: Help?? CNC PCB Drilling Machine

Dave, (John?) and list,

I thought that John did not want the hassle of dealing with non-North
American customers. I didn't understand that he did not want his
boards or plans sold there, period. If that's the case, I had no
intent to bootleg anything, and certainly would not do so in
opposition to John's wishes.

Grant

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude"
<davemucha@j...> wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "grantfair2001"
> <grant.fair@s...> wrote:
> > HI Sammy-
> >
> > I can see you are being inundated with a variety of information and
> > advice. So I'll add my 2 cents worth.
> >
> > John Kleinbauer sells a bare printed circuit board for a 3 axis
> > unipolar stepper controller for $30.00 (but he doesn't sell outside
> > the US or Canada, but someone there could buy it and send it on to
> > you). The cost of parts would be quite low (under $20.00). The board
> > responds to TurboCNC running on a PC.
>
> <snip>
>
> I purcheased John's manuals and he does offer a nice circuit and it
> is simple.
>
> in my searching around the web, there are more than a few that are in
> the same category of simple and easy to do. John's circuit is not so
> advanced that one cannot come up with something similar in a few web
> searches.
>
> Allegro offers chips that rival the professional boards by offering
> microstepping.
>
> Once you run a half step driver and a microstep driver, you won't go
> back.
>
> since John has requested that his stuff not be sold overseas look
> elsewhere. The CCED list (this list) rules are pretty clear about
> not offering bootleg anything.
>
>
> Dave