Tag: Electric motor
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Day 4: Motor and seat mounts
Today started so terribly. It was 4:30pm already and all I had was a CAD of a motor bracket. And a partly scrapped attempt at a pair of brackets. I took a break for 20 minutes, followed by a few minutes of sulking. Then, 4:55pm, waterjet. 15 minutes after it was done cutting: This was […]
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pF: hub motor complete, mostly
Lots of stuff happened between that and the last post, here’s what: Last time we finished machining the rotor mostly, so now onto the stator. I confess that it crossed my mind to put the stator adapter in a mill, indicate its center, and CNC the screw hole pattern. But who am I kidding, clamping […]
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pF: cleaning up the motor can
Now that I had my magnets epoxied in (see last post) I could assemble the whole motor can. Now, I know the next few steps aren’t completely necessary, but the waterjet finish isn’t the most aesthetic. Good thing I can just use the same fixture as before the clean up the outside. It was interesting […]