[Lowfer] Motor Driven VC

Tue, 22 Apr 2003 06:12:05 -0400

Bill

Roger.

That motor and clutch came out of  one of those old surveillance outdoor mounted
cameras I believe. Building with new parts is always better - at least you can
get spares!

Jay

Bill Ashlock wrote:

> Jay,
>
> The slip clutch details are also useful at this end. Today I ordered two
> gear motors from Jameco - one with a 188 to 1 reduction, for the trimmer and
> the other 1000 to 1, for the air variable. I calculate that I can cover at
> least 100k to 200k with either VC if I add a few turns to the new loop
> (which will yield some more signal as well).
>
> BTW, I opened the broken camera that I mentioned and it had a decent motor
> and gear train but not near enough rpm reduction.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
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