Hi to everybody in CNCZone. It's my first post in the forums so I apologize if it's in wrong topic or something. Anyway I'm here to get advice from more experienced people.
Here's my story. I have really got a interest for CNC for now and I'd like to build a CNC router as my bachelor degree project. It's gonna be a budget project. I want it to be as cheap and simple as possible but follow all the principles of proper CNC router. I have decided to go with mobile bed-stationary gantry design and probably use aluminium profiles for construction materials cause I can get necessary peaces for free. Motors gonna come from matrix-dot printers as the cheapest solution for me. I am not concerned about mechanical aspect. I am studying as a production engineer and have good relations with mechanics and mechanical design. Now the bad thing is that I suck in electronics...I really do. Now the easiest solution for me is to buy all the necessary components: breakout board, motor drivers and power supply. On other hand I see lots of DIY CNC electronics around the web. I have found many circuit schematics for DIY breakout boards and motor drivers but the thing is I cant really read them. Still I feel like it's never too late to learn and there's also tutorials for circuit schematic reading out there as well. My native language is not English but till now I have done all my research using dictionary if necessary and lots of google and it all has worked out just fine. So what do you think? Is it real hard to get into CNC electronics if I am complete newbie on that field? Is it worth it? For me it looks like even if it doesn't make big different in money it still fun to do it yourself.
Thanks,
Andre