X2 Conversion Time (shopping time)

[Micro Rotors]

Alright, I am ready to do my shopping for the CNC conversion to the X2. I have it torn completely apart and have given it the total cleaning and tuning up the parts. I finally got the bugs out of it and now she is ready for the job of being converted to CNC.

I need to start shopping for parts. I was thinking of the HobbyCNC board but I am not sure exactly what steppers I should get. Will around 280 in. of torque do the job? also what about the mounts?

I would like to stick with the stock screws if I could for the mean time.

Would it be better if I bought a kit to convert it? I would rather not only because I believe putting this together from pieces will give me a great wealth of knowledge on how it should be and why it has to be that way. I have other projects down the road that I will be fabricating so this is my educational learning curve.

Thanks
Bill

[project5k]

putting it all together yourself will help you learn more about what all's in it, and how to engineer a system like this... but i would say this, what your gonna learn by "doing it the hard way" may be more than what its worth in lost time and expense if you make a mistake... just a thought

[hoss2006]

Hey Bill,
280 oz in motors should be more than enough torque.
I only have 190 oz in on mine and haven't had any problem with
bogging them down. They have more torque at lower rpm so I could just lower the feedrate if they did. Can snap a 3/8 endmill if I push it too hard.
Good luck Hoss
http://www.hossmachine.com