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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Retro-tek?

Posted by Doug Harrison
on 2000-09-09 18:01:24 UTC
>The motors have just about no
> information on them, but looking inside, I see 4 wires: black, red, white,
> and green, which seem like just enough to run the motor forwards or
> backwards. I can't see any way to change brushes, and there don't seem to
> be any encoder wires connected at all

Andrew;
I'm certain these are steppers. BLDC (brushless DC) motors were not around
much back then - definitely not on lower end machine tools.

These should work fine with Gecko step drives.

Doug

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Jon Anderson 2000-09-09 13:37:58 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Retro-tek? Doug Harrison 2000-09-09 18:01:24 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Retro-tek?