Costs

I will start to summarise costs of all the components making up this system:

X Axis

Item Landed Cost US$ Source Actual / Estimate
16mm linear rails 800mm pair + 4 x linear bearings   China A
Stepper Nema 23 82mm 400 step US$50 China A

Y Axis

Item Landed Cost US$ Source Actual / Estimate
8mm shafts 792mm cut down
  USA: VXB bearings  
8mm linear shaft mounts US$25 China  
Stepper Nema 23 56mm 400 step US$80 EBAY USA  

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Item Landed Cost US$ Source Actual / Estimate

PCB's:

Item Landed Cost US$ Source Actual / Estimate
Dynomotion KFLOP Board US$249 + US$30 shipping Dynomotion Actual
Stepper control PCB US$45 China  
PIC Interface PCB US$20 My own Est
2 of Mosfet x 4 PCB US$10 My own Est
Parallel port breakout US$25 My own Est but just DB25s were NZD20
Buzzer etc PCB US$5 My own  

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