Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
...Inferior performance and poor reliabilty...
Another reason I'm glad my wife has low standards.

I've got some odd steppers lying around to play with for PIC projects, though I had grand dreams of extending functionality in ways that isn't actually needed or, indeed, useful.

Steppers are far enough down the line that I'll hopefully be better placed to source better components. I plan to make up some linistepper drivers anyway, whether or not for the CNC, as there's always mischief to be gotten into!