On 31 Jan 2009 at 23:29, Leslie Newell wrote: > The disadvantage of the Gecko drives is that you don't get true > feedback from the motors. While the drives are enabled, they will > track the motors but if you hit estop or power down the drives they > will forget where they are. In my opinion this defeats some of the > advantages of using servos. Having said that, they are good reliable > drives and I have had some on my Bridgeport for a couple of years. >
I get your point and as I am pricing things out, maybe steppers might not be such a bad idea for my first small machine project. I keep an open mind when I have to open my wallet wide. ;) Wes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
