Which controller and motors? Newbie advice please

[irving2008]

Depends on your budget.

Ideally you want to go for the highest voltage drivers you can if you plan to upgrade the machine and reuse the electroincs but without blowing the budget. With 3Nm motors you could probably get away with 50v drives and there are some good cheap deals with a 48v PSU and 3 drivers on ebay, the MD542 type drives. Avoid the all-in-one TB type 30v drivers unless you really have a budget issue. They'll work but you'll not get the best out of the motors.

I wanted to stick to 8mm to save on buying more bearings lol. I guess I'll go with 12mm then. I think the pitch on 12mm is about 1.5 or so. I've edited my previous post to show what I want to use it for.

Edit: Have you ever thought of using the drawer slide system on a budget?

Thanks irving. I'll have a look for those. With that info are you able to recommend which electronics I can have a look at?