james: The 95 cent ones seem fine. They were on sale from $10 and run on 12v, I'm not sure about the current off the top of my head but it was somewhere between .5 and 1 amp. A step is 18 degrees, but that should be fine if I get a small enough microstepping driver. Those were all the specs they had, but they aren't small. And even if they're not enough, I'm out $3. Also, it's not really easierby wayland - Controllers
Building a reprap seems fun! but I have one issue: I'm pretty much broke all the time. Getting stuff for the mechanical parts for a repstrap is easy, I pretty much have everything and am starting to build it. Electronics are harder to scavenge though... I think I'm going to be using sanguino electronics. I already found cheap electronics surplus bipolar stepper motors (95 cents a piece). I'm preby wayland - Controllers