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ill see what i can do, but dont count on anything for a while.

wow. thanks so much haytay. just sent an order for 3 of those.

again, thanks so much.

now i gotta go kick my friends a$$ :D

yup, its the motors that are dead. but ill poke around at the board to see if something is shorted or something.

edit: the board is fine. no shorts, correct parts are used. its the motors. in case...

ok just checking. you seemed a bit surprised about the size. i think its worth mentioning that its use is milling pcbs about 90% of the time. thats why its so small.

ill look around for some...

i hope you understand what i mean by 6"x6"

that actual footprint of the whole machine is about 12"x6". 6"x6" is what the dremel actually mills.

actually, i asked my electrician friend to help me pick unipolar steppers for a cnc machine. he found three and said "these oughta do". guess not. no stickers on them, nothing. i could ask him for...

Ok, thanks. i was just wondering about them because it would be more conveinent for me. ill definetly (sp?) look at the link you sent.

Hey, my stepper motors from from cnc, that i took from an old printer are dead. im looking to get some new ones, and seeing as Digikey sells them, i could just get them with my next order. digikey...

Hi, ive completely finished my cnc machine, hardware and software. now i need a computer to run the cnc from. what computers do you guys use?

EDIT: nvm, there is a post about this in the hand tool...

Well, ive finished my mechanical system for my cnc machine, and ive been looking for a simple stepper motor driver. I made another post a couple threads back for another cnc board, this is a new one....

thanks for the replys guys. i guess thoses two boards i linked too wont be too great, or work at all, period.

pminmo, thats a real nice site u made. il be checking it out more.

thanks for the...

Yes, it is very interesting stuff. i dont think id ever make one, but it looks very cool.

i found the code for the pics. its on their sourceforge page:
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Im not sure about the software, i cant program anything (yet, im trying to learn). this page is linked to on the stepper controller page:
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Hello agains,
i was on the net looking at personal fabricators, and saw these schematics. i guess they are used to control stepper motors for the pf's. are they any good for a cnc machine?
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Thanks for you replys mechsiah, theyve been a great help!

I have a drill press attachment for my dremel. Its pretty precise, so i guess you could say I have a drill press.

I actually finished...

So i guess its bearings then? Alright. How can i set those up pretty easily? The ones used in that site i linked to before seems to hard for me to make without a prebuilt CNC machine, and it seems...

I plan on using the machine mainly for PCB milling, so i imagine it would have the rails would almost have to be perfect. I dont plan to make the area it can cut out any bigger than about 40cmx40cm...

Im starting my CNC machine (first one!) and im wondering what kind of railings I should use. Should I use ball-bearings (or something of the sort, something that rolls on the support rail), or could...