<br clear="all">The cnc controllers work great and the price is right. I doubt the issue people spoke about on cnczone is about all chinese cnc controllers. There will have been an incident or incidents with a specific one. I had problems the the cnc controllr on a mill I bought in china but they replaced the electronics. But that's a different piece of hardware. <div>
<br></div><div>Eventually there will be a bill of materials with lots of different options. People can spend as much as they want on controllers.</div><div><br></div><div>What are you missing for your CNC project? Just electrical?</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:02 PM, John Nicol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john_nicol@hotmail.com">john_nicol@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Today's Topics:<br>
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1. Marauder project (around 400 bucks and counting) (Darcy Whyte)<br>
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Hi Darcy,<br>
<br>
Nice to meet your virtual acquaintance! First time posting in the mailing<br>
list so hopefully I don't screw it up too badly.<br>
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I went to your website briefly and saw the electronics proposed. I would<br>
stay away from that particular Chinese design and manufacturer. I purchased<br>
a 3-axis board + NEMA 17 motors off eBay and have had nothing but problems.<br>
There is even a forum discussion on CNCZone about these. The design is<br>
flawed.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cnczone.com/forums/general_electronics_discussion/110986-how_i_fi
xed_my_chinese.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnczone.com/forums/general_electronics_discussion/110986-how_i_fi<br>
xed_my_chinese.html</a><br>
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There are suggested fixes in the forum discussion and I have applied these<br>
(and learnt how to solder SMD at the same time, so it was worthwhile from<br>
that point of view), but although it improves the noise, it is missing steps<br>
all over the place. A piece of crap. I made the CNC described in<br>
Instructables here:<br>
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<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply
-and-/" target="_blank">http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply<br>
-and-/</a><br>
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I have a picture of what I have made and can email separately. All up, I<br>
guess it cost me $600 so far. It would work quite well I am guessing if I<br>
had a "real" controller board. I am thinking of getting a kit from hobbyCNC<br>
and buying some 6 wire Nema motors from eBay to make it all work. Currently<br>
I have a dremel, but will upgrade that to a trim router.<br>
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Regards,<br>
John<br>
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