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Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT

Posted by hornadayb
on 2002-05-17 06:49:02 UTC
Hello all,

Is it possible to fasten two weak steppers together (same steps,
same type even) to get a more usable torque range?

The reason I as is: I have quite a few old 5-wire steppers from
floppy drives just sitting around and was thinking about building a
plotter and some other useful toys out of them. As they are, they
are pretty weak but I thought I might be able to energise them and
conect them mechanically and drive them from the same circuit. Will
it work?

Thanks,
Brian

Discussion Thread

hornadayb 2002-05-17 06:49:02 UTC Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT wayne_j_hill 2002-05-17 09:19:08 UTC Re: Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT Jon Elson 2002-05-17 10:03:11 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT Alan Marconett KM6VV 2002-05-17 10:31:14 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT hornadayb 2002-05-17 11:49:37 UTC Re: Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT JanRwl@A... 2002-05-17 19:37:35 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT nedtron 2002-05-17 23:16:19 UTC Re: Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT hornadayb 2002-05-21 12:39:08 UTC Re: Hairbrained idea, just slightly OT