Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Aaron,
There are three options (I did not make the ZIP file...) It was the
guy in CA but his name escapes me at the moment... He has been on
Ripley's a few times with Danielle Stampe... Blame him :o)))
1. Cut them like picture motors_2.gif.
http://hot-streamer.com/temp/motors_2.gif
2. Cut them like picture salnt_3t.jpg.
http://hot-streamer.com/temp/salnt_3t.jpg
3. Or, just cut them 0.75 inches wide ;-)
The first two do not match, and they should.... But if
salnt_3t.jpg had followed the directions in motors_2.gif they would
have been way too small....
I think John Freau has shown it is just not real critical... The
more you cut the higher the torque but the hotter the motor gets...
"I think" 0.75 inches would be fine. However, many on this list
like Dr. R, Bill Wysock, John Freau... Would know far more than me...
All my gaps are electronic now ;-)) If you mess up, you can use
one of my old sync gaps ;-))) But I think 0.75 wide to like an
inch wide would work fine. You can always cut more but it is hard
to put metal back on... The more you cut the hotter they get and
the more current they draw which can be a pain...
Your dimension "d" in the picture is probably just fine too... I
don't think anyone has ever made a sync motor, no matter how much
they cut, that did "not" work... I like less, to cut down on motor
heating, work, and lower current draw... It does on take much to
spin a rotor...
Cheers,
Terry
At 03:07 PM 5/28/2006, you wrote:
Terry,
I did some measurements, using the rotor diameter to flat size.
Your ratio is about 3.8 with a 3.22 diameter rotor, and .85 flat
size. My rotor is about 3.5 inch diameter. With a 3.8 ratio, that
works out to 0.92 inch wide flat.
0.944" is the distance from outside to outside on those poles
where the blue d is marked.
http://theflyingbullet.com/motor/IMG_1769.JPG Basically the
outside to outside distance of 3 of those poles.
Center to center distance over 3 of those poles is about 0.7" or so.
Should I do the 0.92" flats?
Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Aron,
See the notes here too:
http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/Misc/sync_motor.txt
Cheers,
Terry
At 12:55 PM 5/28/2006, you wrote:
>I'm trying to convert this motor to syncronous operation. I am not
>sure how big to cut the flats. Picture 3 in terrys zip file shows
>the flat going to the edge of the next pole. Yet the motors 2
>picture in the same zip file says measure to the middle of the next
>pole. What should I do?
>
>Here is a picture of the motor:
>
>http://theflyingbullet.com/motor/IMG_1769.JPG
>
>Is the black area the dead pole? The red ones dont have direct run
>windings around them, but they are totally encased in the windings,
>which is what I think matters correct? The black one is inbetween
>the 2 loops of windings which is what I think I want...
>
>Is that the correct distance for the flat to be cut? Half way
>between the next active pole? The armature is ~ 3.5 in diameter.
>
>Thanks guys
>
>Aaron
>
>PS: Terry, can you email me your phone number, maybe we can get
>together sometime again.