<div dir="ltr">I'm surprised you haven't been coming to the hack613 meetups as many people have cnc machines (including built ones).....<div><br></div><div>Why not just get parallel breakout board with opto-isolation and some stepper controllers from ebay? <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xcnc+controller.TRS0&_nkw=cnc+controller&_sacat=0">http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xcnc+controller.TRS0&_nkw=cnc+controller&_sacat=0</a></div><div><br></div><div>You can then run mach3 or emc2 or whatever the linux one is called these days...</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div><div>Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@inventorArtist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorArtist.com</a> | 613-563-3634 by appointment (no text)</div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Andrew Barbour <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew.g.barbour@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.g.barbour@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I am looking for some guidance on the controller choice for a homemade CNC. <div><br></div><div>TinyG seems interesting - but the cost is HUGE about CAN$250-280 after exchange and shipping.</div><div><br></div><div>Any suggestions?<br></div></div>
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