Note the decent sized stepper in the bottom right. There is usually another hidden over there on the bottom left under some housings and such. So after taking the tops off of about 4 machines and stripping them down at my apartment, two things have happened. One, my living room has been converted to a dumpster for stripper down photocopier remains. It's getting harder and harder to get to the door or the couch for that matter. I'm going to have to make a dumpster run this weekend. However, number two is that I have now acquired a good surplus of motors that I can use to select my ideal choices from. Here is a shot of all of the ones I have after my past couple days work
It is a wide assortment of nema 23's and nema 17's. I also have a big box of AC motors, but those are of less interest. Right now I am thinking the two on the top right will be the ones used for the XY axes of the machine and the big guy in the top row near the middle will control the Z axis. Also note the motor coupling attached to one of the motors. Here's a close up
I made it using scrap metal, a lathe, a drill press, and a tap set. The 8-32 set screws in there hold the motor shaft and metal studding in place thanks to the tapped threads. Being that I haven't done too much work with metal before I was pretty excited to be able to make this and might start making some more metal parts as I gain more experience in the shop.
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