Friday, March 29, 2013

Shaft Machine: Wiring

Renaissance man, Jonathan W.  solved a vexing issue with the Shaft Machine yesterday.  The motor powering the unit is a Dayton gear motor.  It had 5 wires coming out of it.  I don't know what to do with that.
I had it working but only when I plugged it in and started it spinning.
Jonathan knows his electronics and picked up the right capacitor and parts and quickly got it functioning correctly.
It now has forward and reverse (by switch) !
He was also able to check its rotation speed with a device.  The mandril is spinning at 36 rpm and the bobbin shaft is spinning at 12 rpm.

He also tested the rpms of the Silver band saw.  With the sheave we installed, it has a blade speed of 1861 feet per minute.
Good to know.

We spun another test shaft of about three feet in length.  All is well.
This weekend we will spin our first full length carbon fiber shaft for testing.











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