I don´t know if this is the right place but I´ll try...

I don´t know if this is the right place but I´ll try…
I want to upgrade to better motors and drivers for a cnc machine. I will use it primarilyfor wood, some aluminium and also use the machine for laser engraving with laserweb.

I need to find a standard sized nema 23 stepper motor (max 76mm), driver and power supply and controller that also are supported with Laserweb… Is it possible? Today I have a simple cnc with arduino/grbl. Any good advice?

The usual choice for driving larger steppers than an allegro 4988 can handle is something like the tb6600 stepper drivers, because they’re cheap. I will suggest that @James_Newton 's Massmind THB6064 drivers are a better choice, even though the packaging is not quite as convenient, because they’re robust and accurate. Both take step/direction outputs so could work with existing grbl setups. I use linuxcnc rather than grbl, and it works great, but it’s definitely more complicated then grbl, although it sure offers a ton of functionality.

The motor, driver, and power supply shouldn’t have anything to do with being supported by Laserweb or not. All drivers basically take step and direction signals. The selection of the driver should be based on the amount of power you need to move the load at the desired speed. This page may help:
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/io/stepper/estimate.htm

And, yes, you should buy my THB6064AH kits because 1. What John said and they work nicely with grbl/RAMPS/etc…, 2. I provide support and advice like that web page and others, 3. If you build a kit, then you can repair it instead of buying another driver. A new chip for my kit costs $10.
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/io/stepper/THB6064/index.htm

I run TB6600 drives and if one burns out a whole new drive is $7.00
https://tinyurl.com/luem4zz Though I haven’t had one burn out on me yet.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pcs-TB6600-4-5A-Stepper-motor-drive-stepper-motor-driver-board-single-axis-controller-TB6600-New/32756389130.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.17.Zw5gFk&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2_10152_10065_10151_10130_10068_5010013_10136_10157_10137_10060_10138_10155_10062_10156_437_10154_10056_10055_10054_10059_303_100031_10099_10103_10102_10096_10147_10052_10053_10050_10107_10142_10051_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10178_10110_519_10111_10112_10113_10114_10181_10037_10183_10182_10185_10032_10078_10079_10077_10073_10123_142,searchweb201603_1,ppcSwitch_4&btsid=6788eed2-f6cb-47de-8b31-417567581f8b&algo_expid=88f489da-3d94-4e62-8637-3a0fb08fc7b9-2&algo_pvid=88f489da-3d94-4e62-8637-3a0fb08fc7b9

They work fine for little machines. Let me know when you need to move something big and fast:
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/io/stepper/THB6064/gallery.htm

@James_Newton I’ll probably tell Mariss if I don’t just make my own drives.

“tell Mariss”? You mean from Geckodrive.com? Yeah, they make a /freaking/ fantastic drive… costs more than double what mine does and you can’t repair it if you fry it. If you have the money, I very much recommend them.

As new to this I need a good and for now a cheep setup that work and Dont steal the time fr.o.m. Me :wink:

Any example of motor, driver, controler, power supply (12, 24, 36, 48v?)

https://m.aliexpress.com/s/item/681515516.html

@James_Newton you’re well on your way.

If you have any questions about Smoothie or need any kind of help setting it up, don’t hesitate to email me directly at wolf.arthur@gmail.com, it’s a very popular option for laser cutting and CNC milling for many reasons. Also checkout bCNC if doing CNC work.

Is IT better with high voltage on low Amp or low voltage on low amp are there any difference?

@Joakim_Scholdberg that depends what IT is. With stepper motors low voltage high amp rated ones generally perform better than high voltage low amp ones do. With drives high voltage high amp drives run the best.