RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Compumotor Disaster

Sorry for your misfortune. Hope It was not my fault


Best,

Ed Gilbert

Gilbert Engineered Systems
632 Warrenton-Embro Road
Macon, NC 27551
252-257-0539

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Statman Designs, LLC [mailto:titanium@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:04 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Compumotor Disaster
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> Well, I wired my 8 wire motor in the parallel configuration thanks to the
> help on the list, and hooked it up to my Xylotex drive to test it and see
> how well it works. Except I forgot to make sure that none of the coils
> were
> shorted to the motor body, and one of them was. As soon as I powered up
> the
> driver board it was all over, damn. My great deal on a 2-axis slide with
> 2
> compumotor steppers just got $125 more expensive, and I now have one less
> motor. Good thing I have another Xylotex driver sitting in the drawer
> ready
> for just such an emergency. I think I will stop playing with my new
> motors
> until my replacement driver arrives next week. Too bad I sold my old
> Camtronics driver last week, since that would have been the one I tested
> this with.
>
> Daniel J. Statman, Statman Designs
> www.statmandesigns.com
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