{"id":170,"date":"2011-05-16T20:22:47","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T01:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2011-05-16T20:22:47","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T01:22:47","slug":"pf-cleaning-up-the-motor-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"pF: cleaning up the motor can"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-173\">Now that I had my magnets epoxied in (see <a href=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/2011\/05\/15\/pf-hub-motor-epoxying-magnets-machining-can\/\">last post<\/a>) I could assemble the whole motor can. Now, I know the next few steps aren&#8217;t completely necessary, but the waterjet finish isn&#8217;t the most aesthetic. Good thing I can just use the same fixture as before the clean up the outside.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0964.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-171\" title=\"IMG_0964\" src=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0964.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0964.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0964.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">can assembly mounted to turning fixture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was interesting the turn the can with the transition from aluminum to steel. I had to slow the RPM dramatically. Still pretty smoky, though.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0965.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-172\" title=\"IMG_0965\" src=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0965.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0965.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0965.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lots of smoke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0967.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173\" title=\"IMG_0967\" src=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0967.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C251\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0967.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0967.jpg?resize=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">turned and sanded with fine grit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The stock hub comes with one side tapped. Instead I drilled both out for 1\/4&#8243;-20 and threaded the bolts through to the side plate of the motor can. Spacers are needed to fill the space between the hub and the motor plate. I also cut down some of the stock bearing seat on the hub so that the whole assembly would be less wide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0968.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-174\" title=\"IMG_0968\" src=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0968.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C183\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0968.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0968.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">wheel and motor can before assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ll probably use some wax to keep the steel part from rusting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0970.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-175\" title=\"IMG_0970\" src=\"http:\/\/amymakesstuffdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/img_0970.jpg?w=224&#038;resize=224%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0970.jpg?w=479&amp;ssl=1 479w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amymakesstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/img_0970.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">assembled.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Time to wind the stator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;t completely necessary, but the waterjet finish isn&#8217;t the most aesthetic. Good thing I can just use the same fixture as before the clean up the outside. It was interesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[26,79,126,224],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amymakesstuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}