Another series of questions. As a newcomer to CNC world I have a lot of those.
Looking at stepper based CNC kits, I eventually separated 2 leaders in my prospective of retrofitting to Sherline Mill - Xylotex 4 axis kit - http://www.xylotex.com/4AxSysKit.htm and Keling Inc 4 axis kit - http://www.kelinginc.net/FourXCNCPackage2.html I'm trying to see if one is better then other. They are very close. In fact stepper motors seem to be the same. Power Supply doesn't make huge difference, though Keling's one has higher amperage on specs. I'm not sure how big is the difference in motor drivers. Keling's ones seem to be more "powerful". I think biggest difference is in the level of integration between BOB and drivers. Xylotex has all in one board. Keling instead has BOB and all drivers separated. I believe Keling's approach has advantage of easier repair and replacement of modules. However Xylotex' integrated board could have advantages of all components placed closer together and less prone to possible noise/interference in wires. I would really like to hear about other pros and cons of each kit. Or even about other may be more capable kits. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
