i just got ahold of a neat little 12v AC motor that runs super quiet and at 5 rev/min. im thinking ot would be great for maybe animating a sign or something but its such a neat little motor i was wondering what else i could use it for. my thought went to turntable motor but with no indexing capacity it would be a bear to use. Just wondering if any imaginatvie soul can contribute to this little humdinger of a conundrum
If it’s small enough, a powered track cleaning car?? (I’m assuming it’s a geared motor)
Five RPM would be a good speed for a rotating sign of some type atop a pole or building, such as a KFC rotating bucket or a gas station sign, barber pole, whatever.
I’ve seen car dealers put a new car on a “lazy susan” and rotate it!![8D]
Perchance a windmill? Lots of possibilites.
Bit slow for a windmill. Even those humongous wind turbines turn over at about 78 rpm.
You could animate a scene in one of your buildings, to be viewed through the windows. Dancers on a dance floor, or possibly a revolving restaurant in the circular ‘penthouse’ atop your tallest downtown skyscraper.
If I had it I might check to see if it has enough torque to drive the auger in my to-be-built live coal loader. Published design calls for a windshield wiper motor.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
I don’t know any “lazy susan” but,do know a lazy Janet…[:-^]
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Where I grew up, farm windmills rarely turned real fast, due to usually modest wind speeds; they probably would be much faster in the southwest. However, a simple pulley system could be used to adjust the speed.