I have always wondered if I could drive a Stepper with a monostable 555 timer and a 4017 with transistors or MOSFET's on it to step up da power. I probably could, then I could just press the button to make it move one step or whatever. I would have the 4017 set up to only drive the # of coil's required, say a 4 coil Stepper then take the 5th output and tie that to the reset. I can try and make a schemmy for it if you want to. I would like to try this one day...