On Thursday 06 August 2015 11:14:15 Dave Cole wrote: > On 8/6/2015 10:12 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Question, since the motors can get quite warm, how do you fix a > > die-cast 1x1x2.5" box to a motor? Most modern glues tend to come > > apart at higher temps. > > I've used Epoxy to glue die cast boxes to Stepper motors with great > success. Drill a hole in the back of the box to cover the hole in the > motor where the leads exit and glue it on. > I think I roughed up the surface of the box and the motor with a > sanding disk.
Not the motors laminations I hope. That, with a sanding disk could lead to smearing of the metal and inter-lamination shorts and could cause some localized very high heating. Gently hand sanding with a 320 sponge to remove _some_ of the paint might be tolerable though. > I think I used Devcon brand but I think that JB Weld > would work as well. The JB Weld has a filler in it that might help > bridge some gaps. 3M has some interesting epoxy called Scotch Weld > that also looks promising. > > Dave Devcon is the "Bondo" maker. Lots of "void" filler in that. What I have on hand is several years old, leftover from repairing the bottom of my boat. And probably needs to go out with the trash. But JB Weld sounds like a better idea. I'll see if I can locate some as there's none in the toolbox ATM. I don't recall ever seeing the Scotch product locally, but haven't looked for it either. Thanks Dave. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
