Stepper Motors

     Control of stepping motors - A tutorial by Douglas Jones. (This is by far one of the best articles I have read on stepper motors on the Internet. You will find it refernced all over the place. If you do not understand steppers and how they operate and are only willing to read one document. Make sure it is this one!)

     A Closer Look At Stepper Motors - by Paul Dito. (This page covers a little about stepper motors and the circuits that control them.)

     CNC

     CNC Zone - This is a discussion group dedicated to about every aspect of CNC you could think of. The folks here are willing to help you work through problems and celebrate your victories. You will find vast amounts of information on software, hardware, motors, controller, and much more. I recommend that you join of you are serious about one of these projects.

     Hobby CNC This site contains controller boards and motors for CNC as well as some plans you can purchase.

     Homeshop CNC - This site has motors, ballscrews and other stuff for home builders of CNC machines.

     Linux CNC - For us linux enthusiest you can go here for EMC and EMC2 to control your CNC Router

     DAK Engineering - CNC control from DAK Engineering. Home of Turbo CNC. Turbo CNC can be tried before you buy with no functionality of the software removed after your trial time. This software requires DOS to run. For thise of you wanting to run an old outcast machine you can get FreeDOS from the internet to run this software.