Using what I have in the junk box together with some high powered stepper
motors and a big 36V linear power supply salvaged from a couple of old
mainframe printers and about $300 in rails and ball screws I think I can
build the mechanical part but what about the drivers and software?

The software candidates are Kcam, TurboCNC and Mach2. Can someone explain
the strenghts and weaknesses?

As to drivers, I have found them from $25 to $200 per axis. What am I
supposed to be looking at?


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Glenn Ashmore

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