[600MRG] ebay variometer?

[John Molnar]

0.6 RPM is perfect for a vario, I'm using a 1 RPM now in a kludge lash-up
and that's a bit fast...guy's gonna wonder about the New Year Eve sudden
spike in reduction motor sales - Year Of The Gear Tooth.

XKA

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Brian Pease <bpease2 at myfairpoint.net>
wrote:

> The same sources sell the same device with many different (faster) gear
> ratios.  This one looks good for a variometer but a bit slow for a
> multi-turn vacuum cap.
>
> On 12/31/2016 9:52 PM, Mike Shaw wrote:
>
>> Nice posting, I just brought 2 gear/motors but 0.(point) 6RPM seems a tad
>> slow but I'll play with them anyway, I want to builda remote backyard tuner
>> anyway....Happy Neu Yaher.73MikeK2LRE
>>
>>      On Saturday, December 31, 2016 8:12 PM, Brian Pease <
>> bpease2 at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>
>>   It looks like the same motor that is on the 6RPM gearhead motor on my
>> Vac Variable.  It only draws about 35mA turning the cap, which is fairly
>> stiff in one direction.  Full load would be >100mA.  With 0.6RPM
>> gearing, you should be able to (slowly) twist bolt heads off!
>>
>> Too bad you won't have cake any
>> more........................................................
>>
>> On 12/31/2016 7:20 PM, Paul Signorelli wrote:
>>
>>> That is the motor that I am using.
>>>
>>> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/311726860791?_trksid=p2057872.m2749
>>> .l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT>
>>>
>>>
>>> Notice that this is a very small motor.
>>>
>>> If your vari-coil is 50 turns wound on a 5 gallon bucket, this one won't
>>> turn it.
>>>
>>> My coil is only about 12 turns of #10 wire on my XYL's Tupperware cake
>>> dish, 9 inches in diameter.
>>>
>>> Very light weight.
>>>
>>> Paul  wa2xrm
>>>
>>>
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