Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: COMPLETE 3 axis CNC electronics package (plug-n-cut, ready to go)

Wayne Weedon wrote:

> John Stevenson wrote:
>
>>When are these going to be RoHsh compliant ?
>
> Yes John, another fine spanner in the works ;-) Has a long chat with
> Ketan the other day and seems he's likely to not be selling those
> chinese stepper drives after July 1st. Better stock up now! BTW I got
> a few, and they are fine, although slightly noisier than the Parkers I
> normally used.

Seems the Chinese have miss converted their calendar and are working to
1 July 2007 :) They WILL be compliant by then!

> I do wonder how many of the US based suppliers of CNC gadgets realise in
> a matter of weeks their products "may" be illegal to import into the
> EU. Thats unless they have done something about it.

There are a few components that only come from the USA and have yet to
be made compliant. L298 Motor driver and UDN2891A Display driver are
both giving me problems at present. UK stockists have run down
non-compliant stock, and there is nothing to replace them :(

> I'm using my vmc as a test bed for a few products ;-) All will be
> compliant if I bother to market them. thats a big if though.

If not - I may have a home for them ;)

> Wayne....
>

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