There's a storm brewin' - Pics Added-

[Mac]

CLM?..

[CDV777-1]

One motor is a spare. I was all excited when I ordered the motors. Now I'm in the "how the he11 am I going to do this" stage. I've been at that stage a few times before. It'll be easier to work it out once I have the motors.

[ver tum]

It's got to be a mini Hurricane. The title of this thread says a lot...

Are these motors reversable? Are you planning on putting solonoids in it?

[CDV777-1]

The motors finally came in the mail and Crazywarriorman sent me the dimensions I needed ( I guess that gives it away) so I'm hoping to start on the next mini siren on monday. I'll be going in to work earlier Thanksgiving week so staying after to work on the new mini will be easier to do. I'll post pics as things develop.

[Nelso90]

Are you planning on running it with a CNC machine or manually?
I can't freaking wait. I love this kind of thing and my Dad still thinks the mini-T was spectacular, he'll flip when he hears about this!

[CDV777-1]

Are you planning on running it with a CNC machine or manually?

Yes.

Turns out that it's not going to be so "mini."
The choppers wil have to be 2 inches apart at the center of the holes due to the size of the motor.
That will make it 1/4th scale. The horn will end up being about
15 inches long.

[weasel2htm]

What are you going to use for a blower? Another Camaro smog pump?

[CDV777-1]

What are you going to use for a blower? Another Camaro smog pump?

As Tom Hanks said, playing Jim Lovell, in Apollo 13...."1000 things have to happen in order. We are on number 8. You are talking about 692."
In other words I'm not even close to thinking about that yet.

[CDV777-1]

Here's what I got done tonight at work. I got the stator about 1/3 done.
The hardest part of it is done now. Here are some pics. I haven't been able to work on it this week as much as I thought I would. I got over a major hurdle though. I ended up with a couple of thousandths of runout between the two bores of the stator housing. I hope that won't give me trouble later. I won't know until I get the choppers done and installed on the shafts.


This is looking at the bottom of the stator. The motor goes up into this bore.
I had a chatter problem because I had to use a small boring bar that was extended out to far. It won't matter though. It's not like anyone will see it when it's assembled. The stator is 1.595" in dia. and 2.8" long.
The chopper bore is 1.2 in dia. and the motor bore is 1.095 dia. The motor is a slip-fit into this bore. I wasn't planning on it fitting that close it just ended up being a perfect fit.



This is the top of the stator. The top of the motor fits in the hole at the
bottom of the upper chopper bore. This chopper bore is also 1.2" in dia.



Here is the chopper motor going into the motor/bottom chopper bore.
There will eventually be 3 flats milled onto the sides of the stator and of
course 2 holes drilled that will align with the chopper ports. The flats will allow air to reach the upper chopper. There will also
be another hole drilled to allow the motor wires to come out of the side of
the stator housing.


Here's the motor installed in the section of the bore that is 1.095 in dia.
The wires will go out of a hole in the side of the housing and then the
bottom chopper will be installed onto the motor shaft. Once it's all together
all that will be visible is the 2 choppers and the motor wires coming out
of the side of the housing.



Here's the upper chopper bore with the motor installed. I still have to
drill the 2 motor mounting screw holes through the bottom of this bore.