On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 23:20 -0700, Speaker To-Dirt wrote: ... snip > I see the XY table crowd uses them. What approach should I take? The > $30 special from Horrible Fright and just blow through them? Or sink > $100+ into something that will last me more than a few projects? > Your thoughts? > Andrew
I have been thinking about using a universal motor from a junked vacuum cleaner or similar machine. These often get clogged with dog hair, break a belt, then instead of getting a new belt, the whole cleaner gets replaced with a shinny new one. Without trying, I've got three of them sitting on my shelves. I'm thinking of removing the motor, upgrading the bearings ( maybe something like: http://www.vxb.com/page/bearings/PROD/ANGULAR_CONTACT/Kit1084 ) , and making up a housing and toolholder. It could be a lot of work, but it could also be fun to make. Another thought is to use the armature with some magnets to make servo motors, since treadmill motors are getting scarce. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
