On 9/29/2015 9:38 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 09/29/2015 07:04 PM, andy pugh wrote: >> On 30 September 2015 at 00:33, Dave Cole <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I purchased some very cheap stepper drives based on the TB6660 Toshiba >>> chip a little while ago for a very much "budget driven" controller build >>> using LinuxCNC for a Sherline Mill and Lathe. >> Talking of which, from the IRC this evening, cheap steppers + drives >> from Walmart. $11 >> >> http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nema-24-1.8-Degree-CNC-Stepping-Stepper-Motor-90mm-4A-368oz.in-w-MB450A-Driver/46945879 >> >> Those are out of stock, but the smaller ones are shown in stock. >> > Walmart !!??!! AIEEEEEeeeeee! NOoooo! There's now NO > niche too small that the borg won't stamp them out of business! > What a world! > > Jon > If it makes you feel better Walmart is using their website to sell other peoples products now. I think that somebody got some stepper motors and drives and didn't know how to sell them so they were dumping them.
The drives are being shipped from some other company, not Walmart. I think that Amazon might be closer to the Borg. What don't they sell? Live long and prosper, if you can. :-) Dave --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
