Re: motor advise needed

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Don Thigpen" <piggy@a...>
wrote:

> first let me say , i am not cheap , however i am on a tight budget
> since i live on retirement income from uncle sam .
> that being said i need to buy some motors to convert my van norman
> no 12 mill to cnc and i cant really afford new ones at this time , i
> will however get gecko 340's and mach2 to run it all. maybe new
> motors late next year as the used ones fail.
>
> so which of these used motors would be a good choice
>
> the pac sci motors here
> http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2003070308293941&item=10-
> 1931&catname=electric
>
> or the motors here
> http://sales.goldmine-elec.com/prodinfo.asp?prodid=7060
>
> please any advice will be appreciated and i need to order motors
> this week.

Why the 340's? Talk this over with Gecko before you buy. The 320's are
$30 cheaper a piece, times 3 and there's the cost of your motors right
there.

I thought I read somewhere where Mariss said the 340's were only
needed if you have a weak signal coming through or have some kind of
odd-ball setup where you would need the step multiplying. I could be
wrong but for $90 it's worth investigating.

Good Luck
David