The Bucking Magnet Motor

[z.monkey]

Maybe should get the prototype working before I go into mass production...

But, it always a good idea to plan ahead.  Professionally, I am a manufacturer, so when the time comes to crank out the copies I am ready.  There are a couple of machine shops I work with, and they have a tool rooms full of high quality CNC machines.  So no problem with making a lot of copies.

Copies are easy, it the first one that is the bugger...

[z.monkey]

I finished off the perimeter rough cut...

Then used a fine 18" bastard to smooth out the scallops...

Now we're lookin' stylish...

Time to make some cants...

[z.monkey]

I put some 45 degree chamfers on the driver ring mounting holes.  This will help the insertion of the driver ring.  Then started working on the driver ring cants.  It sort of looks like a circle, but its really 40 flats.  I align the flats to be parallel with the table and then use the table to cut a flat which becomes the cant.  The driver cants are in the neutral position on UABMM2...

[z.monkey]

I got the Driver Ring liberated this morning....

[z.monkey]

Doh, accidentally posted this in the Dia Mag Alternator thread...

I guess they are kinda symbiotic...

I fitted the new driver ring plate this morning.  I pulled the old driver ring pins replaced them with 6 inch pieces of 1/2"-13 threaded rod.  They use the same holes as the feet of theDiaMag6 alternator.  There are no heads on the rods so I needed to improvise some feet.  I used a flange nut as a foot, and a regular nut as a jam nut to keep the feet in place.  This acts as a leveler too.  I am going to have to do some adjusting to get the threaded rods to act like driver ring pins...