electric motors for animatiom

[Anonymous]

I'M TRYING TO PUT IN SOME ANIMATION FOR MY HO SCALE LAYOUT. UNFORTUNATLY ALL I CAN FIND ARE ELECTRIC MOTORS THAT SPIN TOO FAST. ARE THERE ANY TYPE OF BOXES OUT THERE TO SLOW THEM DOWN, OR WHERE MIGHT I FIND SLOWER MOTORS? THANKS FOR THE HELP.

[CP5170]

If you are using DCC, you can use a decoder to limit the speed. I use a mobile decoder to control the speed of my turntable.

Ken

[dknelson]

Check out a store that features science project toys. I have seen one that is meant to educate about gear ratios.
Dave Nelson

[Big_Boy_4005]

Check out the motor catagory at All Electronics. I saw some very interesting low voltage, low RPM, low cost, gear reduction motors there. http://www.allelectronics.com/index.html

[Javern]

I've used an old MRC train track power supply to slow down the motor on my Atlas turntable..perhaps the same idea could be used for your situation. Power supplies can be had for cheap on Ebay and at garage sales

[Anonymous]

or synchronous motoers (not sure on spelling) run slowly naturally. the drawback is that they are a fair bit noisier than normal motors so maybe not what you are after.

[CBQ_Guy]

Steve,

Micro Mark sells some sort of geared device where you can swap out gears to achieve various RPM outputs.

I also believe they sell various small motors now, too.

[Anonymous]

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP. WITH ALL THESE TIPS I'M SURE I CAN FIND ONE TO WORK FOR ME.
STEVE

[jrbarney]

Steve,
Paul is right about MicroMark. Their item 82722 motorized planetary gearbox sells for $ 24.95 USD and offers output speed ranges from 13.6 to 6,560 rpm. Their animation gearmotor, item 82090, is priced at $ 14.95 USD and provides a constant 2.5 rpm. Their URL is:
<http://www.micromark.com>
Bob

[BruceJob]

SteveJ...

IHC has a motor/gearbox...see the product description here:

http://www.ihc-hobby.com/cgi-bin/bsc.cgi?sn=WF45O9819X29T31490951G65298979&gb=0:::motor&id=5188

Hope this is helpful.

Bruce J.