Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2019-03-27 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/27/19 4:06 PM, dwight wrote: > A friend an I did almost the same thing. We used the transformer primary > from another box as an auto transformer and used a file to grind the > motor pulley down. We did have to file the mounting slots some as well. > It worked fine. > This was about 25 years

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2019-03-27 Thread dwight via cctalk
From: cctalk on behalf of Chuck Guzis via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 2:07 PM To: dwight via cctalk Subject: Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B On 3/27/19 1:36 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > Most all 8 inch drives were synchronous capacitive p

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2019-03-27 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/27/19 1:36 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > Most all 8 inch drives were synchronous capacitive phased AC motors. That is > until 3 phase low voltage motors started showing up on 5.25 disk drives. > The ac motors on the 8 inch drives rarely had jumper options for 120/240V AC. > Most were fixed

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2019-03-27 Thread dwight via cctalk
seen that had a voltage option. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Charles Dickman via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:58 PM To: Chuck Guzis; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2019-03-27 Thread Charles Dickman via cctalk
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 3:27 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > One could also take Tony's approach and simply cobble up a > crystal-controlled 60Hz source for the motor. Shouldn't be too > difficult--I suspect that the motor doesn't draw more than about 30W. > If you

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread dwight via cctalk
, by the where the belt rides on the pulley. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Chuck Guzis via cctalk Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2018 12:38 PM To: Fred Cisin via cctalk Subject: Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B On 11/10/18 12:

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/10/18 12:33 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >>> He needs a larger pulley if going from 60 to 50 ( as a motor pulley >>> ). It needs to be 20% bigger because the motor turns slower on 50 Hz. >>> 6/5 to be exact. > On Sat, 10 Nov 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> No argument there--but

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
He needs a larger pulley if going from 60 to 50 ( as a motor pulley ). It needs to be 20% bigger because the motor turns slower on 50 Hz. 6/5 to be exact. On Sat, 10 Nov 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: No argument there--but the size increment is pretty small. Consider that a typical

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/10/18 11:42 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > He needs a larger pulley if going from 60 to 50 ( as a motor pulley ). It > needs to be 20% bigger because the motor turns slower on 50 Hz. 6/5 to be > exact. > Dwight No argument there--but the size increment is pretty small. Consider that a

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 7:42 PM dwight via cctalk wrote: > > He needs a larger pulley if going from 60 to 50 ( as a motor pulley ). It > needs to be 20% bigger because the motor turns slower on 50 Hz. 6/5 to be > exact. I like the way Tektronix handled this issue in the 8560 (service manual on

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread dwight via cctalk
To: dwight via cctalk Subject: Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B On 11/10/18 7:55 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > Typically, both the motor pulley and belt are changed as a set to keep the > distance from motor to flywheel the same. > In my younger days, a frien

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/10/18 7:55 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > Typically, both the motor pulley and belt are changed as a set to keep the > distance from motor to flywheel the same. > In my younger days, a friend and I ground down a motor pulley, on a 50 Hz > Shugart 800, to be a 60 Hz. We used a file while

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread dwight via cctalk
AM To: Riesen Thomas; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B Ok. Those are quite small. So you have one? Or those are not yours? If you have one, and a way to accurately measure it, making more will be easy for a

Re: AW: 50Hz Pulley for 8" Floppy Drive Mitshubishi M2894-63B

2018-11-10 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
Ok. Those are quite small. So you have one? Or those are not yours? If you have one, and a way to accurately measure it, making more will be easy for anyone with a lathe. I could do it, but surely you can find a machinist closer to home? Guy At 01:03 PM 10/11/2018 +, Riesen Thomas wrote: