I got my stepper motors going the other day through mach3 plus a cheap 4 axis chiniese driver board, woo HOOO:dance:

I wanted to see something actualy working before i spent any more money, so seeing those little babies move was like a green light for me to stick my hand a bit deeper in my pocket.

so now I'm just waiting for the posty to bring me my goodies, I've bought a system4 board with 3 drivers from roy at diycnc (i'll keep the chiniese one as backup)and supported round rails and bearings from gary at zapp automation. The sooner the better as my girlfriend is away with our baby daughter for a few weeks so i could realy get stuck in

I've not designed anything yet but the rails for X are 1300 X 20od, Y is 800 X16od and Z is 400 X 16od ( i wanted the option of a fair bit of movement on the Z for ifever i get around to adding a 4th axis),

firstly i'll make an ugly MDF monster and then hopefully use that to make something a bit better

I absolutly can't bl**dy wait:naughty: