Hello All,
I stumbled on this site a few weeks ago, and I must say - you guys are a bad influence. I am ordering my Grizzly G3102 tomorrow
http://www.grizzly.com/products/G3102
I have a few questions in regards to which equipment to use.
First - the motors. I want to get a set of motors strong enough to get the job done, but not weak to where I have to take it "easy" on the machine. I constantly hear of "missing steps" and most peoples answer in return seems to be using servos with encoders. Is this a good move aside from the price?
(once I get it up and running with CNC ability, accuracy would be important - I want to be able to thread mill etc.)
Breakout boards - which board would be good to use in this scenario? I see a TON of good things about the Gecko stuff, but thier site doesn't really have specs without reading through a bunch of .pdf's. (I don't mind that, but maybe a little narrowing down of what I should look for might help some)
Also, I'm assuming the board would be the part that dictates whether or not the machine is capable of 3D milling?
Does the breakout board have extra "openings" to control flood coolant etc?
Power supplies? I don't even know where to start here.
Sorry for all of the n00bish questions, I just don't know where to start - or better yet, what to ask!
Thanks!