I have two projects in mind for steppers. The first one is to build a 3 axis CNC machine using 3 steppers and a dremel tool.
The second project I have in mind is to make a directional antenna mount that is driven by two stepping motors. I can mount a pringles can antenna for either wifi, or 2 meter amateur radio, and do radio direction finding on my laptop. This project can use the weaker, floppy drive motors without a problem. I'm sure I could think of a lot more geeky project in the future to use stepping motors for. I am a EE at BYU, and I'm sure I'll find many uses for steppers. Jeff Anderson Gabriel Gunderson wrote: > On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 09:20 -0600, Jeff Anderson wrote: > >> I am looking for old dot matrix printers, and old floppy drives. Both >> these devices have something called stepping motors, and I want to >> harvest them for a few projects I have. >> > > I have a bunch (30-40) of steppers that are 2-5 times bigger then those. > I bought them several years ago when I was going to teach myself about > driving them. > > I'd love to know what you are trying to do with them. I'd even donate > some to a geeky cause :) > > Gabe > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > >
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