hello all

[antsals]

Gary at Zapp automation has been a great help regards the stepper motors, stepper drives and controller cards. It's well worth having a look through there website.

I've just been building a new controller.....my third and the stuff from Zapp has been the best up to now.

Ant

[Jonathan]

Gary at Zapp automation has been a great help regards the stepper motors, stepper drives and controller cards. It's well worth having a look through there website.
I've just been building a new controller.....my third and the stuff from Zapp has been the best up to now.

True .. but they're no longer the cheapest by quite a long way. eBay is my new friend for those parts...and most other things to be fair!

If you want to work it out yourself then this spreadsheet is a good starting point:

http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/showth...otor-do-I-need.