Keith, I get it now. You're talking about the flat spindle motors from modern drives. I was referring to the ones scavenged out of OLD drives which are normal DC motors about 3" long and 1 1/2" in diameter. I thought I must have been oversimplifying it (again!) (sorry). Hope you get it worked out. On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:48:08 -0700 Keith Causey writes: > Hello Adam, upon disassembly of the motor I observed 6 stationary > coils > under the plate-like permanent magnet that is attached to the > movable Adam Bryant (age 0x23) adamdb@juno.com Parker, CO, USA Robotics, RC Airplanes, anything using a PIC ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.