Hello all, I've gotten most of the electronics for my X3 conversion, but I am now trying to figure out what to MOUNT all of this stuff in. I have cadmonkey's plans and he used an industrial electrical box, which would be PERFECT, but I cannot seem to find one anywhere for less than 100 dollars. What is everyone mounting all of their stuff in? Is it best to mount all of your stuff, including the PC in one box, or all the stepper drivers, PSU, etc in one box and the computer in a regular case? I'm looking for any alternatives to the industrial controller boxes, OR a good, reasonably priced place to get one of those.
IN addition, I'm hung up on stepper motor wiring. It seems people are using all kinds of different things, from expensive Speakon cables, to serial cables, to ham radio cables, microphone cables, etc. What do people recommend? I'd like to keep costs down, including the cost of connectors to mount to the controller box.
Thanks in advance!