5 1/4 Floppy drive Stepper Motors | |
Ok - I've got the dumpster diving bug. But before I go too deep - has anyone out there used the steppers out of 5.25 floppy drives. Seems a fellow (Fixxit) had mentioned it and I was looking for any other details that mght be had.
I'm thinking about maybe a hot wire setup - foam cutting etc - and thought it'd be cool to do it all low end bits - these motors, drawer slides etc.
1. Any estimate to their torque?
1a. Max rpm?
2. Are they NEMA 17 - or smaller?
3. Are they all Unipolar?
4. Got any good recommendationds for a controller card - maybe a PIC kit or something like that?
Well, thats enuf for now - TIA!
Cheers - Jim
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