big_d
06-15-2007, 04:52 PM
All right... I've been reading for days now and I think my brains about satuarated for the time being, but I still need a little direction. I recently purchased a used older PR. It came with everything minus the electronics and a spindel/router (no big deal, I'm going to start out with one of my routers). After considering many avenues including going 4G, Ascension 1000, Bob Campbell's upgrade, etc, I have decided to put my own components together for now since this is my first shot at cnc.
Here's where I need help. I have the 4 stock steppers which I intend on using. They are the PK299-01AA's with 6 wires. I can go half coil as suggested by Mike Richards on one of his posts, wiring is definatley not a problem for me. I have already decided to go with 4 Gecko G202's for the drives, and a 50V PS-6N50R12 power supply from Antek Inc to power them. I am in limbo on the breakout board though. I've looked at Campbell's, PMDX's and cnc4PC's but I'm not sure which is the best route to go. I do want the ability to be able to kill power to the router on errors which it seems most have. I also want to be able to run Mach3 which I'm assuming all will do? I guess another route could be a Gecko G-Rex, but I don't think I really need to go there yet. Anyone that has any suggestions or uses any of these, I would greatly appreciatte any info.
This seems like my biggest hurdle right now, but in my mind I know squaring the bot is going to be a bigger one.
Thanks,
David
Here's where I need help. I have the 4 stock steppers which I intend on using. They are the PK299-01AA's with 6 wires. I can go half coil as suggested by Mike Richards on one of his posts, wiring is definatley not a problem for me. I have already decided to go with 4 Gecko G202's for the drives, and a 50V PS-6N50R12 power supply from Antek Inc to power them. I am in limbo on the breakout board though. I've looked at Campbell's, PMDX's and cnc4PC's but I'm not sure which is the best route to go. I do want the ability to be able to kill power to the router on errors which it seems most have. I also want to be able to run Mach3 which I'm assuming all will do? I guess another route could be a Gecko G-Rex, but I don't think I really need to go there yet. Anyone that has any suggestions or uses any of these, I would greatly appreciatte any info.
This seems like my biggest hurdle right now, but in my mind I know squaring the bot is going to be a bigger one.
Thanks,
David