Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] stuck stepper

Not knowing that you can't, I took a stepper apart and just put it back
together again. Works like a charm.

--Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: <JanRwl@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] stuck stepper


> Dave: Without SEEING it myself, I would guess that there is magnetic
swarf
> between the rotor and stator "teeth" inside. The "gap" between those is
just
> a few mils, so a "tiny" chip of that hard magnetic stuff can jam things.
>
> It is a "no-no" to dismantle a stepper (because THIS happens!), but if it
> ain't no good, no-how, then carefully remove the four screws, pull it
apart,
> blow off the swarf with 100 psi blow-gun with an OSHA-DISapproved tip, and
> try slipping it back together with maybe some stiff paper wrapped around
the
> rotor, to prevent "banging" and chipping. Then, slip that paper out when
you
> JUST-can't get your fingers or tweezers "in there" anymore, and
re-assemble.
> It's a learning project, at least!
>
> Let us know if this worked!
>
> Jan Rowland, Ignernt old Troll
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