Hi,
I’ve been carrying on looking into making kinetic sculptures and making
things rotate!
I’ve literally hacked apart a computer fan and there’s an element, with
four coils and pieces of iron, and a magnet ring with the plastic fan part
glued on.
I was wondering instead of destroying a computer fan, is there any way to
find out what this part is called?
Thats the core of a brushless motor - often known as a stator.On 29 January 2015 at 00:35, rich op richop88@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I’ve been carrying on looking into making kinetic sculptures and making
things rotate!I’ve literally hacked apart a computer fan and there’s an element, with
four coils and pieces of iron, and a magnet ring with the plastic fan part
glued on.I was wondering instead of destroying a computer fan, is there any way to
find out what this part is called?–
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Do you have any kind of brief?
There are better motors for the controlled spinning of things.
Computer fans are high RPM low turning force motors. And can not be run backwards
Philip McGaw
www.philipmcgaw.com
07969502077
@Philip_McGaw> On 29 Jan 2015, at 00:46, Bob Clough bob@clough.me wrote:
Thats the core of a brushless motor - often known as a stator.
On 29 January 2015 at 00:35, rich op richop88@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,I’ve been carrying on looking into making kinetic sculptures and making things rotate!
I’ve literally hacked apart a computer fan and there’s an element, with four coils and pieces of iron, and a magnet ring with the plastic fan part glued on.
I was wondering instead of destroying a computer fan, is there any way to find out what this part is called?
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Bob thank you.
And yes Skippy I do kind of have a brief, just to make two wheels in the
video spin in opposite directions using a couple of motors, so the rpm’s
could potentially be controlled from a computer/arduino. If I could use a
cheap mass produced part that would be mint. So that’s why I was thinking
computer fans, and just use a couple of them instead of making a coaxial
drive mechanism.
The way I’ve seen most do these kinetic sculptures is with a wind up/clock
work mechanism, which I would like to avoid for now.On Thursday, 29 January 2015 08:29:40 UTC, Skippy McGaw wrote:
Do you have any kind of brief?
There are better motors for the controlled spinning of things.
Computer fans are high RPM low turning force motors. And can not be run
backwardsPhilip McGaw
www.philipmcgaw.com
07969502077@Philip_McGaw
On 29 Jan 2015, at 00:46, Bob Clough <b...@clough.me <javascript:>> wrote:
Thats the core of a brushless motor - often known as a stator.
On 29 January 2015 at 00:35, rich op <rich...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
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I’ve been carrying on looking into making kinetic sculptures and making
things rotate!I’ve literally hacked apart a computer fan and there’s an element, with
four coils and pieces of iron, and a magnet ring with the plastic fan part
glued on.I was wondering instead of destroying a computer fan, is there any way to
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You can pic up small stepper motors (pre geared) like these http://www.laser-shop.eu/arduino-output-peripherals/832-arduino-stepper-motor-driver.html?gclid=CJfa9O6_z8MCFUcTwwodrHIAyA
They are easy to control from an arduino.
Philip McGaw
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@Philip_McGaw> On 29 Jan 2015, at 21:39, rich op richop88@gmail.com wrote:
Bob thank you.
And yes Skippy I do kind of have a brief, just to make two wheels in the video spin in opposite directions using a couple of motors, so the rpm’s could potentially be controlled from a computer/arduino. If I could use a cheap mass produced part that would be mint. So that’s why I was thinking computer fans, and just use a couple of them instead of making a coaxial drive mechanism.
The way I’ve seen most do these kinetic sculptures is with a wind up/clock work mechanism, which I would like to avoid for now.
On Thursday, 29 January 2015 08:29:40 UTC, Skippy McGaw wrote:
Do you have any kind of brief?There are better motors for the controlled spinning of things.
Computer fans are high RPM low turning force motors. And can not be run backwards
Philip McGaw
www.philipmcgaw.com
07969502077@Philip_McGaw
On 29 Jan 2015, at 00:46, Bob Clough b...@clough.me wrote:
Thats the core of a brushless motor - often known as a stator.
On 29 January 2015 at 00:35, rich op rich...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,I’ve been carrying on looking into making kinetic sculptures and making things rotate!
I’ve literally hacked apart a computer fan and there’s an element, with four coils and pieces of iron, and a magnet ring with the plastic fan part glued on.
I was wondering instead of destroying a computer fan, is there any way to find out what this part is called?
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