Re: Is this motor workable?

I am assuming your friends ProtoTrak has a quill powered Z...

Wally




--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Wille Padnos
<spadnos@s...> wrote:

> Polaraligned wrote:
>
> >And what is your gearing Steve? Also, do you have plenty of power?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Scott
> >
> >
> Heh heh - there's the rub. I'll be using a 2:1 drive ratio. I'm

pretty

> sure this will be enough force on the table. As you can see, this

is

> all future tense, since I haven't put my machine together yet :)
>
> I have a friend who bought a ProtoTrak with fried controls. His

gearing

> is 2.7:1, and his motors are around the same power as mine - 450-

500

> oz-in on X and Y, 350 or so on Z (I think).
>
> - Steve