controllers for sale:
http://steppercontrol.com/s100.html
controller with software is $100

cnc machine building tutorials

http://electronics-diy.com/electronics/stepper_motors.php This is an easy to build stepper motor driver that will allow you to precisely control a unipolar stepper motor

stepper motor sources:

this website has a huge selection of cheap stepper motors
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/400600/Motors/Stepper-Motors/1.html

http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=17757+MS this site sells a motor that one of toms students bought

great carvings to copy:

this website has a ton of beautiful carvings http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.buycarvings.com/images/hintsandtips/301%2520-%2520Selection%2520of%2520onlays.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.buycarvings.com/topmenupages/eu/ita/trade/eu_ita_trade_hintsandtips.html&usg=__NW7xxCBlT7UC8Ipon55LolqI4PQ=&h=139&w=200&sz=5&hl=en&start=16&um=1&tbnid=lCDkU3J26vbp8M:&tbnh=72&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dantique%2Bonlay%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1W1GPEA_en%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1


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cnc machine suppliers:
http://www.probotix.com/3_axis_stepper_motor_driver_kits/3_axis_sidestep_stepper_motor_driver_kit/
had stepper motor controller kits for aroun three hundred dollars

pdf of intructions on how to build stepper motor controllerhttp://www.electronics-lab.com/projects/pc/017/stepper.pdf


http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/BuildingAStripboardStepperController
more great instructions on how do build a board

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/400600/Motors/Stepper-Motors/1.html
this website sells a huge selection of cheap stepper motors

cnc machine suppliers:

http://www.probotix.com/3_axis_stepper_motor_driver_kits/3_axis_sidestep_stepper_motor_driver_kit/

had stepper motor controller kits for aroun three hundred dollars

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-24331.html
This forum is very active for instructions on building cnc machine. I found a huge list of printers on here that have stepper motors

http://buildyourcnc.com/step1.aspx
This guy has videos on how to build a cnc machine and also sells them I think