Hi all, Im Philip and 1 am currently building my first CNC router. I feel like i know a lot of people on here already from reading various posts etc. Mechanically im nearly there however, Im having a few problems deciding on the electrics. So far they consist of a 800 x 600 x 250 steel enclosure which is empty at the minute! I am using slaved axis for Y. Y is 3m long and is driven by 2 damen cnc rack and pinion anti backlash unit with a 5:1 gearbox. X is 1400mm wide and is driven by a 25mm ballscrew with 10mm pitch. Z is 200mm and is driven by a 25mm ball screw with a 5mm pitch. I am planning to use this router in my furniture business , so i would like a controller that is robust and reliable. I have done a lot of research but i still feel like ill be jumping in and end up wasting time and money. I was looking at the 10amp 4 axis kit with 8MN steppers from benezan for example. Then i thought maybe closed loop. Whatever i use i would like it to be fairly straight forward to wire. Any advice or observations would be appreciated.
Thanks Philip