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Well, it works:
The idea was to substitute stepper motors for the 12V DC motors on the planetary gearboxes of a cinematography camera gimbal:
I will ditch the joystick and use steppers so that I can program it to go to certain positions and take pictures.
The process with the rotozip worked but unfortunately I ruined the steppers by getting tiny metal debris in them. I did my best not to, but they are magnetic and just seemed to attract garbage from the air.
So I will do this again, but without opening the motors. Short out the leads to "lock" the rotor, then put the entire stepper motor in the lathe.
The idea was to substitute stepper motors for the 12V DC motors on the planetary gearboxes of a cinematography camera gimbal:
I will ditch the joystick and use steppers so that I can program it to go to certain positions and take pictures.
The process with the rotozip worked but unfortunately I ruined the steppers by getting tiny metal debris in them. I did my best not to, but they are magnetic and just seemed to attract garbage from the air.
So I will do this again, but without opening the motors. Short out the leads to "lock" the rotor, then put the entire stepper motor in the lathe.
