[DJR22013]

I purchased a kit from Arizonavideo to convert my G0704 to CNC. Hoss's site provides a lot of options in-terms of electronic combinations, but want to go the route of a prebuilt controller box due to not being comfortable doing the wiring. The heavy duty digital package recommended by Hoss seems like the a nice combination. Automation Technology has two prebuilt setups in the following links. Has anyone used either one, or a prebuilt setup from another company that they would recommend? Are the setups from Automation Technology comparable to the heavy duty digital package recommended by Hoss? Also, would you recommend a 4 axis over a 3 axis setup for the option of adding a possible 4th axis in the future, or must you go with a 3 axis if that is all that is currently operating? Thanks for any help, just a beginner trying to figure things out.

3 Axis CNC Stepper Control Box, Digital Stepper Motor Driver, 110VAC/220VAC for G0704 | Automation Technology Inc

4 Axis KL-5056D-48 CNC Stepper Motor Driver Controller, 110VAC/220VAC | Automation Technology Inc

[kdoney]

One upgrade most people who use Mach3 really like is the smoothstepper. It produces pulses at very high frequencies and with extremely low
jitter compared to the Parallel Port driver and microcontroller-based solutions. In addition, the SmoothStepper is able to run on any flavor of Windows, both 32‑bit and 64‑bit. Mach will
run under 32-bit or 64-bit, but an external controller such as the SmoothStepper is needed for 64-bit editions.

If you can go a little higher in price you should look at Camtronics, inc. -- CNC with Dan Mauch.

If you can use a screw driver and read wiring diagrams, you should build the box yourself. It is not difficult, only has a few components and will save you a lot of money.

By the way, how did you find the kit? Shipping speed, quality of machining and ease of installation information would be appreciated.

[DJR22013]

kdoney. The kit is supposed to be delivered on Monday, so can't make any comments about the info you requested. I found a series of 9 videos that seems to provide an introduction to what is involved, so I will probably go ahead and build my own. The following link will get you to the videos. This may be of interest to other beginners to get an idea of the process. Any videos or other sites that were helpful to others would be appreciated.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzr-QSPzTM&index=12&list=PL6PplMTH29SG_5TFHvVxvCK_sV9Y vEw_n[/url]

[hoss2006]

You should look at this thread, I think we are covering basically the same questions.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/bencht...cnc-forum.html
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