Hi Sergey,
IM Service do some nice servos that are ideally suited to a Sherline
http://www.cadcamcadcam.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATSCategory=11
They also do some nice servo drivers though they are step/direction so
you can't use the encoders as a DRO.
Steppers do work and can be
Sergey Izvoztchikov wrote:
I'm faced with dilemma, which has no obvious answer for me at the
moment. I was set to buy Xylotex steppers based kit for my CNC Sherline
Mill. After reading more about servo based systems I'm divided, I could
appreciate number of advantages of servo based systems
At 11:21 AM 7/28/2008, you wrote:
I am a servo bigot, and just don't want to do anything like
machining metal while flying blind, which is how I think of
stepper systems.
Jon
Personally I would go one step farther. I want torque or velocity mode
system and not a position mode (step/dir) motion
