Slow motor for display cabinet, can you help?
Hi there,
I am building a Display cabinet like you see in jewlers, that spin VERY slowly. I have a motor already but it spins to fast. i have tried normal belt gearing but the disc i have to use is about 2ft in diameter, too big. Is there any other way to slow this motor down? Do you know where i can get a cheap motor from? Or ready made gears that will slow this down? Any advice is much needed pls. Im on a dead line here :-(
Answers:
We make small display rotators if you check out our web site you can get an idea how we build them. You probably just need a slower gear motor. You can change the pulleys for different speeds but then you need to change the belt size. It is always easier to get a motor close to the final speed you want.
I don't know what the cabinet looks like or what kind of space you have for the motor but it may help to see how we build them. www.semcomotion.com
My solution when I'm in this dilemma is to get on ebay. There is always a huge selection of electric motors of various speeds, power, AC or DC drive, geared, etc. It might take you a couple of days to get exactly the motor tracked down that you need, but it will be just what you need and there won't be a lot of bidding competition on something very specific. Good luck! I've had great results buying exactly the motors I've needed off of ebay.
You only need a motor from a turntable (record player), which you should be able to find at any junk shop, thrift store, or on eBay.
Then, use a suitable motor shaft pulley which is much smaller than the pulley/disc of your display platform. Play with the pulley sizes to get the desired rotation timing you need.
OC
Any small dc motor available from any good model shop,and a small variable power supply,
Getting a inverter or getting a new Motor probably is your solution.
Try this out.
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I am building a Display cabinet like you see in jewlers, that spin VERY slowly. I have a motor already but it spins to fast. i have tried normal belt gearing but the disc i have to use is about 2ft in diameter, too big. Is there any other way to slow this motor down? Do you know where i can get a cheap motor from? Or ready made gears that will slow this down? Any advice is much needed pls. Im on a dead line here :-(
Answers:
We make small display rotators if you check out our web site you can get an idea how we build them. You probably just need a slower gear motor. You can change the pulleys for different speeds but then you need to change the belt size. It is always easier to get a motor close to the final speed you want.
I don't know what the cabinet looks like or what kind of space you have for the motor but it may help to see how we build them. www.semcomotion.com
My solution when I'm in this dilemma is to get on ebay. There is always a huge selection of electric motors of various speeds, power, AC or DC drive, geared, etc. It might take you a couple of days to get exactly the motor tracked down that you need, but it will be just what you need and there won't be a lot of bidding competition on something very specific. Good luck! I've had great results buying exactly the motors I've needed off of ebay.
You only need a motor from a turntable (record player), which you should be able to find at any junk shop, thrift store, or on eBay.
Then, use a suitable motor shaft pulley which is much smaller than the pulley/disc of your display platform. Play with the pulley sizes to get the desired rotation timing you need.
OC
Any small dc motor available from any good model shop,and a small variable power supply,
Getting a inverter or getting a new Motor probably is your solution.
Try this out.
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