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Message #02024



To: davidperry@mail.geocities.com
From: Chiu-Yuan Fang chiumanfu@home.com
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 16:54:55 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Motors/etc from disk drives?


http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/stepper/

Chiu

davidperry@mail.geocities.com wrote:
>
> i ripped 3 motors from cd drive, they were okay. The motor used to
> eject the tray is geared but is not built into the motor, it just
> has a belt drive running from the motor shaft to the eject mechanism.
> Overall nothing incredible.
> Does anyone know how to use those stepper motors used in 3 and 1/2
> inch floppy drives, i have 3 of them and i can't make them work, the
> ones that make the read/write head go back and forth.
>
> David Perry
>
> > Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 17:28:28 -0800
> > To: Beam Mailing List
> > From: Matt Procopation
> > Subject: Motors/etc from disk drives?
> > Reply-to: Matt Procopation
>
> >
> > Before I tear apart a couple of drives, I thought I'd
> > ask and find out if there are actually any useful bits inside.
> > I'm guessing theres some sort of geared motor inside the CD drive
> > to eject the tray, and another to spin the CD up to speed, but are either
> > useful for beam purposes? Any insights would be much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > proc@home.com
> > Madness takes its toll.
> > Please have exact change.
> >
> ____________________________________________
> I'm sure David sinceraly apologises if he
> insulted anyone, it won't happen again.
>
> ____________________________________________

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Chiu-Yuan Fang
chiumanfu@home.com
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http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/6897/beam2.html

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