Re: Camtronics

Tim, et al:

Your note pushed me over the edge, I put together a temporary web page
for my cnc retrofit in progress. It is at:

internet.oit.edu/~currinh/cnc/cnc.html

I probably didn't shrink the pictures enough so it may be slow loading.

But the reason Tim's e-mail prompted me is his mention of heat sinks for
the Camtronic 5A boards. I used surplus heat sinks from C and H Sales
Co. They are part number HD9853 at $2.25 each. They can be seen on this
temporary web site. When I put the drives into a permanent box I put one
large muffin fan blowing over all three boards. They seem to run very
cool.

Just FYI. :-)

Hugh Currin
Klamath Falls, OR

P.S. The page is temporary, link and/or bookmark at your own risk.
I'll have a permanent page up pretty soon. :-)

On 15 Nov, Tim wrote:
> While talking about Camtronics I thought I would mention the heatsink
> that Dan has to fit the Gecko drives. It is a big massive thing that is
> drilled and tapped to hold 4 drives (G2XX or G3X0) and has additional
> holes to allow mounting the heatsink to your cabinet. I got one and it
> really solved a mounting issue I had. I am using it with a single 3 some
> odd inch 110 v fan setting flat on the fins and blowing into the
> heatsink. It is staying room temperature with no noticeable heat rise
> even after running Bridgett for a few hours. Much easier to mount than
> using CPU fans. It is also a very good value.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]