Help! 4 axis contollers from ebay japan

[irving2008]

Thanks for the help what I know is spindlemotor varible speed dc
size md 7175

stepper hy200-3424--170a8

stepper hy200-2220-100a8

been advised that a CDE m401 controller and a step1motor card
should do the trick with free software being a newbie I am looking for
the best and easiest option here.

thanks
scotty

From what I can find out, the 3234-170 is a Nema34 size 1.7A 1.7Nm motor, and the 2220-100 is 1A Nema23 0.7Nm size. These are old motors and might be worth considering replacing them eventually... but initially they would be OK. I've attached the data sheet..


Accordign to CDE's weboste the M401 is £200 and the two Step1 cards £50 each, so you are looking at £300 and these are 3.5A cards which are overkill for the motors you have - this assumes you can reuse the existing power supply. There are other options, and by way of example, a 2-axis System4 with 2.5A cards, including power supply (if needed) from DIYCNC.co.uk would be around £120 (£90 without), and the free version of MACH3 would do to learn on...