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Clock Drive Kit w/ Built in Drive Corrector?

Started by muni, 05/24/2004 02:39AM
Posted 05/24/2004 02:39AM Opening Post
Hi!
I'm was interested in this item for sale at Apogee Inc.:

"Clock Drive Kit w/ Built in Drive Corrector Specs: 3" Bronze Worm Gear, Steel Worm, Stepper Motor 6VDC (Powered by 4 AA Batteries which are housed in the Control Box), Fine Tuning (Lunar, Planetary, Solar etc.), & Fast & SlowPush Buttons 2x.
Price: $169.00 "

Sadly, I was informed that it is out of stock. Does anyone know of a similar unit available elsewhere? Please note that the power supply is DC. Your replies would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,
Joel


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Posted 05/24/2004 05:54PM #1
Hi Joel

I built those drive controllers for Apogee and sad to say the source for the motors we were using "dried up". I still have some of the boards if you want to "roll your own". The circuit is pretty simple and could be modified to run different 6 wire stpper motors. It would require some skill to assemble the boards and modify the circuit. I am currently working on a prototype dual axis drive using these boards.

John
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