Originally Posted by
phantomcow2
congratulations on your purchase.
I have the Micro mill and the HobbyCNC driver board (not package). I made and modified the existing hardware on my own for the CNC hardware as it cost me under 50 bucks for that as opposed to 300 for the CNC fusion. But the Fusion looks like a nice kit.
You pick the step mode by adjusting the jumpers on the board, its based on how much noise and vibration your getting from the motors. I am using 1/8
What is your software? Is it TUrboCNC? If it is, TUrboCNC has a calculator where you enter;
Steps per revolution for the motors
Microsteps
leadscrew TPI (which is 20TPI or it advances .050 per revolution).
The micro mill makes a nice conversion, and be sure to get the Y axis extension kit from Little machine shop sometime, it transforms the machine!