[sdiy] DIY strobe tuner?

[Christian Bergmiller]

I've built my own strobe tuner some time ago,
some pictures and info (though not much..) can be found here
http://www.sdiy.org/cbm/
(scroll down..)

christian


2008/3/9, David Moylan <dave at westphila.net>:
> A synchronous motor is an AC motor that turns in sync with the driving
>  frequency (often line frequency, 60Hz) as opposed to a motor like an
>  induction motor where there's slip between the driving frequency and the
>  turning frequency.  There are probably other examples of asynchronous
>  motors but induction is the one that comes to mind.  It's been a decade
>  since I studied motors but I think that's a reasonable explanation.
>
>  Dave
>
>
>  anthony wrote:
>  >> It would have to be a synchronous motor,  but I sure wouldn't be
>  >> butchering
>  >> some old Hammond organ to get one,  there are probably other sources
>  >> for them
>  >> out there.
>  >>
>  >
>  > What exactly is a synchronous motor anyway? I knew it wasn't the same as
>  > a universal, but I didn't know which the strobe tuner used.
>  >
>  > What if the rest of the Hammond organ is sufficiently trashed to be
>  > unrestorable? Like a three-day death-from-above shower from an
>  > overflowing toilet? The extent of trashednesss has yet to be determined.
>  > The only thing standing in the way of me having the whole organ is
>  > plunking down $50. It's not going anywhere. If I was a little more
>  > solvent, it'd be mine already just for the reverbs and iron.
>  >
>  >
>  > aa
>  >
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