Re: Linear Stepper motor - fun toy.

Hi,
I had a couple of HP plotters that were based on linear steppers.
The travel was about 12" x 16" I think.They were really cool,
but I parted with them in a cleaning frenzy :-( several years ago.
Cant remember the HP#'s
-Lee

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> Which daisy wheel printer is that? My daisy wheel printers have DC
> servo motors!
>
> Alan KM6VV
>
>
> onecooltoolfool wrote:
> >
> > I have two linear stepper motors each with about 10 inches of
> > travel. Came from a daisy wheel printer. I hooked them up to a
> > generic bipolar driver and got about 200 IPM easily using
flashcut.
> > I am going to run them on a Gecko later and see how fast they
will go.
> > Pretty neat if I could come up with a use for them. They are
> > actually much simpler than a regular step motor.