artoodeeto
02-19-2010, 09:58 PM
I'd like to motorize a few components. I haven't tried this before, and would like to avoid wasting a bunch of time and cash. :)
If you haven't seen it, my worklog is here:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21039&page=11
The model is 3 feet long and a foot and a half high, so it's big.
In the 2nd picture down, you can sort of see a gray PVC pipe through the opening in the side of the model. It's about 4 or 5 inches long, and about 1.5" in diameter. There's 2 of them in there, and I'd like them both to spin while the computer is on. Slow speed is preferable, maybe 30rpm or so. I definitely don't want them whizzing around.
The other thing I want to do is run little "conveyor belts" from the upper front interior section of the model and follow the horseshoe shape of the upper section around both sides. Again, these should be fairly low speed, even less than 30rpm, maybe more like 10.
There's a black central chamber in the upper section that currently houses fans; I'm thinking the motors can be mounted in there where they won't be very visible, and their shafts can poke through the walls where they can attach to whatever wheels are needed to run the conveyors, and similarly the motor or motors that will spin the pipes can go inside this chamber and attach to the portions of the pipes that stick through into the chamber.
So after all that explanation, my question is pretty simple: what type of motors should I get, and what will I need to hook them to the pipes as well as conveyors, and what should I use to make the conveyor belts themselves? I don't want them more than a couple centimeters wide.
Any assistance is much appreciated!
Thanks!!
If you haven't seen it, my worklog is here:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21039&page=11
The model is 3 feet long and a foot and a half high, so it's big.
In the 2nd picture down, you can sort of see a gray PVC pipe through the opening in the side of the model. It's about 4 or 5 inches long, and about 1.5" in diameter. There's 2 of them in there, and I'd like them both to spin while the computer is on. Slow speed is preferable, maybe 30rpm or so. I definitely don't want them whizzing around.
The other thing I want to do is run little "conveyor belts" from the upper front interior section of the model and follow the horseshoe shape of the upper section around both sides. Again, these should be fairly low speed, even less than 30rpm, maybe more like 10.
There's a black central chamber in the upper section that currently houses fans; I'm thinking the motors can be mounted in there where they won't be very visible, and their shafts can poke through the walls where they can attach to whatever wheels are needed to run the conveyors, and similarly the motor or motors that will spin the pipes can go inside this chamber and attach to the portions of the pipes that stick through into the chamber.
So after all that explanation, my question is pretty simple: what type of motors should I get, and what will I need to hook them to the pipes as well as conveyors, and what should I use to make the conveyor belts themselves? I don't want them more than a couple centimeters wide.
Any assistance is much appreciated!
Thanks!!