Stepper motors Canada

[vulcom1]

I have made a hot wire foamcutter using double drawer slides for each axis (4) and need some information for the motors. I am medically retired and making projects keeps me active and my mind off the pain. I have made other projects and lean towards making my own including the electronics. I asked a question on a BOB and recieved no answer so it is either going to be the mm2001 or Hobbycnc route. What I need if possible is a supplier for stepper motors, preferably in Calgary, Alberta. As there are a lot of Canuck's on this site I thought maybe somebody new of a business. I have searched for a while and came up empty.
Thanks in advance,
John
ps: I did not mean the hockey players.

[kreutz]

Originally Posted by vulcom1 I have made a hot wire foamcutter using double drawer slides for each axis (4) and need some information for the motors. I am medically retired and making projects keeps me active and my mind off the pain. I have made other projects and lean towards making my own including the electronics. I asked a question on a BOB and recieved no answer so it is either going to be the mm2001 or Hobbycnc route. What I need if possible is a supplier for stepper motors, preferably in Calgary, Alberta. As there are a lot of Canuck's on this site I thought maybe somebody new of a business. I have searched for a while and came up empty. Thanks in advance, John ps: I did not mean the hockey players.

For information about the BOB a good source is: http://pminmo.com/

[skiddaw]

I have had speedy delivery of steppers from SOC Robotics in Vancouver (www.soc-machines.com) and Toronto Surplus and Scientific (www.torontosurplus.com). None of them have been run yet but I do have one mounted on my Z-axis!

[vulcom1]

Thanks for the info but the torontosurplus.com would not work for me. I would prefer closer but if I have to get in touch with Vancouver that will be okay. Finding electronic items is a pain at home.
I went to pminmo on there forum and asked a question on the 5 axis BOB as I could not understand where the x's went. Never got an answer so am going this way.
Thanks,
John

[the__extreme]

Hi John,

You can get steppers and the appropriate driver board from SOC Electronics. He's also got some things listed on eBay:
http://search.ebay.ca/_W0QQsassZsocelectronicsQQhtZ-1
The motors he's selling are definitely too large for what you will need however, so you'll be paying extra for something you don't need. I have one of his driver boards. I've tested it, and everything works OK, but I haven't had the chance to run my machine with it yet...I haven't had the chance to build my machine yet, since I'm at McMaster U. and don't have a lot of extra time.

Hope that helps,
- Shawn