I was about to purchase a 4 axis kit from ebay, but came here for advice and found the kit was not satisfactory. Then I came across a break out board I had in my giant pile of stuff, and remembered that I once purchased a kit about 7 years ago for an Enco Mill/Drill I had. Just after receiving the kit I got a job overseas, and I pretty much forgot about it. My father sold the mill/drill while I was away, and the cnc kit ended up in a box on a shelf in the corner of a long lost cabinet.
Today, I found the box, and I'm cautiously optomistic. What I found was the following:
4X Clifton Precision JOH-2250-BX-1C motors
4X Geckodrive G320 DC ServoDrives
1 Giant toroidal transformer (no infomation or markings)
1 Giant Capacitor (1/2 size of pepsi can)
varous wires and switches
Earlier, I found a CNC 4 output breakout board that is apparently for this kit.
Everything is new and still in it's box, and in new condtion. The motors look different than what I've been seeing (I suppose because they are servos), with large positive and negative termanals on each side of the motor, and a five pin connector on the bottom labled:
1 GND; 2 Index; 3 Ch. A; 4 +5V; 5 Ch. B
So, is this a good find? I already know the breakout board is no longer made. Not sure about the rest. The motors don't have a flanged mount, only tiny holes for screws. No way they would be strong enough to support the motors.
Anyway, as I mentioned in my other post, I want to build a gantry type CNC mill that is X: 2' Y:3' Z: 1' with a future rotary table. I'm hoping this kit will get the job done. If anyone knows anything about this stuff, I sure would appreciate a response. Thank you.