The best stepper driver??? was Re: Stepper questions

Wayne,

I have NO problem with Gecko pricing; it's VERY fair and as I said
the drives ARE excellent.

However, that doesn't mean I need to spend 342 dollars to get only
three drives when 325 can buy me a pre-wired and complete solution
which includes everything I need except the machine.

As someone said, buying an 18 wheeler when you need a pickup truck
will do the work is not an especially good idea.

Also, folks on these groups come from ALL levels of economic strata;
for you 100 bucks may not be anything, to some its the difference
between having and doing without...

Ballendo

P.S. I've just been made aware that at least one person has sent
email to cncresource and not gotten a reply. We didn't find those
emails on our server. Ken is looking into at this moment, but if
you've sent email to sales@... or
webmaster@... and have not received a reply; please send
it again. We may not have seen it. (We do have emails from others,
so it may just be a "specific" problem.

My Sincere Apologies to anyone who felt they weren't being heard.



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Wayne Weedon <wayne@...>
wrote:

>
> ballendo wrote:
>
> >
> >Gecko's are clearly the best, and their price refects that. They

are

> >also overkill for MANY projects.
> >I use them and appreciate their performance and features where

the

> >added price--and in my case the larger difficulty to wire up--

since

> >my GeoM drives are plug-n-play.
> >
> >
> Their price? They are probably the best value drive out there!

You

> know we cant even buy a chinese microstepping drive for that

little here

> in the UK. Gecko G201 = $114 = 67UKP, best value chinese drive

(pretty

> good) 82.50UKP = $140, OK this chinese drive has a larger range of
> microsteps (but we always only use 10) has short cicuit

protection,

> although if it's like the parker drives I've used in the past that

is

> only on power up.
>
> These Chinese drives do seem to be noisier maybe lower switching
> frequency. It's also unlikely we will be able to buy them from

the

> current supplier after July 1st. Mariss on the other hand is

addressing

> "The issue"
>
> Personally I think Mariss has priced his drives just right, anyone
> whining about it maybe ought to take up crosstitch. Cos they'll

only be

> whining later about the inferior drives they bought. I wont

penny

> pinch on drives.
>
> Out of all the drives Ive tried I still think I prefer the Parker
> OEM-650's but I cant get them anymore.
>
> I only bought chinese drives recently because I needed them

quickly, and

> it was interesting to try them.
>
> Wayne...
>
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