Hi,

I have a machine that I'm building for my own use. I'm looking for advice on what control board/mother-board and also what drivers to buy for my machine that is most optimal for my requirements/budget. I'm going to be purchasing everything directly from this company:

https://www.geckodrive.com

So, I've got everything mechanically sorted out, everything is purchased and waiting to be set up but I know very little about electronics. I know the control board you buy is highly dependent on what G-code sender you use so I'm going to be buying the hobby version of Mach 4.

So I've shelled out on some pretty good ball-screw mechanisms and don't want to spend that much more but also don't want to bottleneck the accuracy added by the ball-screws. I essentially want 1 thou tolerance on my parts so hopefully that information will suffice to properly select a control board and drivers.

It's a 3 axis machine, so I will need 3 drivers, but might be adding on a 4th axis at some point. The motors will be Nema 23 Steppers. I was going to ask the guys over at Gecko for advice but I thought it wouldn't hurt to get a third-party opinion. If someone knowledgeable in this area could give me some advice on what to buy precisely to maintain my requirements and not spend more money then necessary that would be greatly appreciated.

A shopping list would be ideal. Thanks

- David.