least expensive is a Ebay driver with built in BOB like http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Axis-TB6560-CNC-Stepper-Motor-Driver-Controller-Board-/130532311197?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6455009d
that was just a quick grab, shop around ebay and find the best fit for price location and shipping cost. if you need a power supply you can also get if from ebay, some times even from the guy your getting the driver from. look at the what else the supplier of the drive has for sale, most times you can save on shipping that way. On 4/4/2013 4:55 AM, John Stewart wrote: > Cecil Thomas mentioned in another thread that he'd cnc'd a watchmakers lathe. > > I'm looking for ideas here. > > A Unimat SL1000, MK1 landed on my desk last Saturday. It's mine if I want it. > Have been thinking of taking some of my CNC parts kicking around home and > using them, but I don't think using a 5i25 + 7i76 + Nema 34 steppers is great. > > So, with a little lathe like this, if I go with NEMA 17 "3D Printer" steppers > (think Reprap or one of the Thingverse machines), what would be the best, > least expensive way of driving these steppers from a LinuxCNC setup? > > Do the "C10" boards, as shown in www.automationtechnologies.com's stepper > motor kits work with LinuxCNC? > > I expect this little lathe to be a "toy" or "demo" lathe; take it along to > shows, etc, and have it run making little brass swarf piles. > > I do have a computer put together with 5I25 and an Intel D525MW motherboard > waiting to sit beside my larger CNC lathe build, so I could use that for > computer horsepower. > > Thoughts? > > Thank you; > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the > Employer Resources Portal > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
