Originally Posted by
Yozhik
I've been wanting to build a small CNC machine for awhile. After looking at a bunch of different designs, I went with the Solsylva 10x9 DIY plan. It looked well constructed and met my limited space requirements. My plan is use it to do modelling of parts for RC aircraft components. Eventually, when I live in a place where I can afford more space for a router, I will likely upgrade to something bigger.
I'm leaning toward's buying a Gecko G540 kit. Since I plan to upgrade the CNC platform at some point, I'd like to have stepper motors powerful enough to handle a larger CNC, such as the Momus Design. If anyone has any recommendations (including manufacturers) I'd appreciate hearing them. Also, any opinions on USB-to-Parallel adapters for Mach3 would interest me. I'll be running this off an iMac running Windows.