[Sanghera]

Hi all,
I was thinking of buying some Gecko G201's for my first router, and buying brand new motors and making a small machine at first. I figured that way, I wouldn't have to move from a small system to a big system and by new drivers and steppers. But then I thought of just getting a cheap kit and gettting some good motors, ( again so if and maybe when I move up I don't have to buy twice). I was looking at the Hobby CNC 4 axis driver for about $60 for four axis. I want to buy some 190 oz-in vexta motors for this. They are rated at 3 amps and 3 volts. The board is rated at about 1.25 amps per phase continuous and 1.5 amps at startup ( just wondering, what's that mean?). So my problem is, how to run these motors at 1.25 amps or whatever. How much torque would I lose by running these motors on this driver? Would there be any other problems like overheating, or lost accuracy?
Thank you very much for your time.
I really appreciate it. :rainfro:

[ger21]

They should run fine, but you'll lose about 2/3 of your torque. You might want to look at the drivers here:
http://www.embeddedtronics.com/

A little more money, but you may not need to get Geckos in the future. Or, you could buy 190 oz motors that only use 1 amp or so. I saw them on the Oriental Motor site.

[Sanghera]

Where do you get the parts for those boards?
Thanks.

[Sanghera]

Also, how much do you figure the cost of these would work out to, I mean the single axis ones for one.
Thanks.

[Sanghera]

Hello?

[ger21]

He's got parts lists with part numbers for Digi-Key. http://www.digikey.com

[Sanghera]

What's the cost work out to total after all of the parts are ordered?
Thanks.

[ger21]

You'll have to figure that out yourself. I have no idea.

[Sanghera]

Oh, just wondering from someone who else has had expierience with making these boards. I figured it out, and I'm not sure If I can say on this post.
Thanks.