i2i, Is that on the manual button board on the front, if so, yeah thats not connected at all, just there for decor lol

Ive got 18k resistors on the Gecko drives now and it seems to be keeping the temp of the steppers now, might go to 32k for 3Amps, see how it goes.

im just about to try the 9v battery thing that was suggested for the spindle. fingers crossed

Stu