gear motor

[RocketQ]

For those of you out there building machines here is a great price on a geramotor.

http://surpluscenter.com/item.asp?Item=5-1676&UID=2008060613010486

 

[tsp&b]

Power Supply???

What kind of power supply would you use with this motor?

 

[RocketQ]

24v dc supply

 

[RBC]

Why not just use a stepper motor?

With the low cost of cnc components these days I think it just doesn't make sense to build a manual machine.

When you build the machine, just put a stepper motor on your lathe spindle and use Mach to output a step and direction signal to it. You can change the rpm to anything you want within the motors capacity.

Royce Bunnell
www.obcues.com

 

[KJ Cues]

Royce,
What you are suggesting makes sense but not everyone has your level of cash to play with. What John is presenting is a very powerful drive at a very reasonable cost and 12ft.lbs of torque is huge. Steppers that I've seen are rated in inch/oz. of torque and even then they are a bit pricey.

Each drive has it's place and I would think it would depend on your budget and what is your end application. To each his own.

Thanx to both you & John.

 

[Craig Fales]

Royce,
What you are suggesting makes sense but not everyone has your level of cash to play with. What John is presenting is a very powerful drive at a very reasonable cost and 12ft.lbs of torque is huge. Steppers that I've seen are rated in inch/oz. of torque and even then they are a bit pricey.

Each drive has it's place and I would think it would depend on your budget and what is your end application. To each his own.

Thanx to both you & John.

That motor has 12 in/lbs of torque... Not ft./lbs.

 

[dchristal]

spray booth motor

It looks perfect as a spray booth motor. Brushless, so no sparks, variable speed, constant duty. Too bad I already used a pitman gearmotor for mine. If it catches fire, I'm switching for sure.