Victory!
OK, at a price, but I think we have ALL paid that price. Fwiiw, I had to strip out and replace ALL the electronics in my CNC in the early days, and it had cost me a lot more than yours. All I kept was the big transformer. I used Geckos for the lot, with much satisfaction.
Photos might be of interest later on.
Cheers
Roger
Photos will be provided later on. I'll possibly add a build thread.
So far the price has been reasonable. I have burned up a cheap BoB and a stepper motor. The BoB was CHEAP and the stepper was all but free. I have more than 20 of those left over.
I hadn't counted on the cost of the Geckos and the cost of the bigger motors but the rest of my costs are staying well within my initial estimates. So, all in all, it's all good.
I need to start thinking of a central controller enclosure. An old PC cabinet might be where I will go for that. I think I have one laying around somewhere.