On Wednesday 16 September 2020 14:51:59 R C wrote: > On 9/16/20 12:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 September 2020 10:02:25 R C wrote: > >> yesterday, I noticed some electronics in my little lathe > >> fried/died, after I fix that I'll try to use it. > > > > Everybody knows this stuff runs on smoke & mirrors, so what did you > > do to break the mirror & let the smoke out? > > Hahaha ... > > well, they are sherline machines, in Paxton/Patterson enclosures, and > I took out that optistep stuff, well, pretty much took > > everything out except the motor controller. > > Then I build everything over, experimentally, with some cheap chinese > components, like voltage regulators etc, and it seemed to be working > > and decided I redo it the right way later. > > > And apparently yesterday it was later ... *lol* > Chuckle. As a CET I had to ask, but forgot the smiley, my bad. As a side comment, I have around a ten pack of the 2M542 drivers in service, the first 7 pack for over a decade now, zero failures.
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