What Controllers and Motors should I get??
Hi all:
I hope I am posting this in the right area - this forum is huge!
I am new to the diy CNC world. I have also began to design/plan and buy some material already (just some scrap aluminum). But my next purchase soon will be a very important one and that is the stepper motors and the controllers, I am not worried about the power supply I will problably make that myself.
What I would like my router to do is problably the jack of all thing - a bit of this and that (I hope anyways) such as: engraving plastic or thin aluminum, some wood working, sheet aluminum, and some light milling of thicker aluminum as well.
My question finally is (chair) what motors and controllers should I use, or for that matter stay away from?? I would even consider a kit and soldering it myself BUT at the same time I really wan't somthing thats going to work well. I also wan't it to work well with software. Currently I use AutoCAD to draw my geometry but thats where my knowlege of this stuff ends.
Thanks in advance!
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