Mariss,
Not trying to say there is anything wrong with the cost of a Gecko drive, I like em!! But as you say a cheap drive is one that costs less than the motor. For a machine running on motors from dead printers and for fun more than production an ultracheap drive built on veroboard would be neat. The PIC application note contains the circuitry to do drive a motor and although I am sure it is not as good as a gecko especially in terms of bullet proofness etc if you build it yourself you can fix it yourself if you see what I mean. > and effort is a killer. I started a design of a brand new drive >last December 15. I have spent some part of nearly every working >since then. I have an engineering project book nearly as thick as a > Mitchner novel. The drive is just coming to life and if I'm lucky > >(no setbacks), it may be marketable by the very end of this year. >The engineering diaries on the G201/210s and the G320/340s are far >fatter. You are producing a product, if you get it wrong the **** hits the fan, a homebuilt item that needs mods is just that. Not that I am saying it would be easy, if it were I would have done it not just talked about it :) Graham Addresses: FAQ: http://www.ktmarketing.com/faq.html FILES: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/files/ Post Messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Moderators] URL to this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO OFF Topic POSTS: General Machining If you wish to post on unlimited OT subjects goto: aol://5863:126/rec.crafts.metalworking or go thru Google.com to reach it if you have trouble. http://www.metalworking.com/news_servers.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jobshophomeshop I consider this to be a sister site to the CCED group, as many of the same members are there, for OT subjects, that are not allowed on the CCED list. NOTICE: ALL POSTINGS TO THIS GROUP BECOME PUBLIC DOMAIN BY POSTING THEM. DON'T POST IF YOU CAN NOT ACCEPT THIS.....NO EXCEPTIONS........ bill List Mom List Owner Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
