Bridgeport textron Series 1 CNC

You can start by posting some pictures, that will always get you some bonus points.

I would not use Gecko, no matter how much i liked them at one point in time, i accidentally bumped into some Lam Technologies drives and never looked back as from my experience they are by far the best drives for the money, especially when i can find the discounted in Germany.
www.mechapro.de/shop/Schrittmotor-Steuer...ehaeuse:::22_49.html
DS series are the cheapest and that is what i use as most of the time the DS1044 is 100 and DS1076 is 150 Euro
Keep in mind, you need the programmer at the bottom of that page, and setting them to 4A on a 4A china motor will render the motor crispy, they spec the stuff with real current, not peaks and stuff.
I tried to kill one, on purpose, it did not die!

China motors will do just fine, but when using LAM Techologies drives, set the drive to 75% of the rated motor power

Do not know what 1371 is but you do not need it, just the programming dongle for 28 euro.
For motion control i use Mesa boards always at www.mesanet.com or www.mesaus.com or in Europe www.eusurplus.com but it is down for maintanance for now.
A Mesa 7i96 should do just fine, or if you can stretch a bit, Mesa 7i76E or 7i95.