[ChrisAttebery]

I placed the orders for the electronics today. I decided to skip the MPG for now. I have enough to figure out as it is.

Here's what I ordered:

Automation Technologies
3 x KL-5056D Digital Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver-32 bit DSP Based
3 x NEMA23 570oz/in 5A 3/8” Dual Shaft Stepper Motor (KL23H2100-50-4B)
1 x 48VDC/12.5A Switching CNC Power Supply
1 x Aluminum Controller Box (up to 4 axis)
3 x Motor Cable with connector, 12ft

CNC4PC
1 x A1 - Parallel Cable
1 x A36 -10FT Booted Cat5e Network Patch Cable
1 x A30 - RJ45 Pass Through Panel Mount
1 x C35 - QUICK SETUP BREAKOUT BOARD
3 x C34KLD - Driver to RJ45 Connector Board for Keling's Digital Drivers
1 x A32 Mechanical Switch Assembly to RJ45
3 x IP40 NEMA23 Back Cover Kit
4 x A26 - 1 FT Booted Cat5e Network Patch Cable

Hopefully I didn't miss anything too important.

I got an email with a tracking number from Grizzly this morning. My machine will be here on Friday afternoon.


Chris

[DonKes]

It will be interesting to see how the RJ45 pieces hook up.

Don

[ChrisAttebery]

I got the stand cleaned up and ready for the mill to show up. I built this about 10 years ago for my RF30. The base is 2"x2"x.125" tubing with 2x3x.125" tubing for the top. It is 60" wide by 35" deep by 36" tall. It should have no problem holding up the G0704. I'm planning to add aluminum sides and a front plexiglass panel to keep the chips from getting all over the shop.

[ChrisAttebery]

I went ahead and picked up a Dell 745 SFF PC off Craigslist. $110 with a 19" monitor. It's got a 3.4ghz Pentium, 3gb of ram and a 128mb video card. It should be fine for running MACH3.

My machine arrives this afternoon. I'm heading home from work in about an hour to wait for the Fedex driver to show up. I'm hoping I can get it up my driveway without having to take it apart.