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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: kernal on April 12, 2014,
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Ok, so I am wondering if someone has a way to make something spin.
***enter idea here---> My take on the Zwilluminaries ;D is a plain white potato salad container. I have one upside down and glued on top of one regular side up. on the bottom i have holes to get wires in and out with a smart string 50/50 square with enuf extra wire to accomodate a spin of 180 degrees.
***insert problem here ---> I can figure out a way to get that to make a quick 180 degree spin. I thought of a windshield wiper motor but not sure if i can regulate the distance for that short and quick of a spin. then i also thought about the use of a motor from an animated wire deer. but i dont think that is quick enough.
it would have to be a 180 spin clock wise, then a 180 spin counter clockwise so the wires dont continuously spin and pull out.
just for some knowledge i am sequencing This Is Halloween.
Ideas?!?!?!
Kernal
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RC Servos??
Controlled by the Bobcat DMX servo controller
Just my 2 cents at one am
Rick R.
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A stepper motor could do this easily but I'm not sure if the bobcat servo controller works with stepper motors. I know that it was in the initial plans but ....... You could use a servo as Rick suggested but if the object is of any size, then you would need a massive servo and while they are avilable, they are also very expensive. How fast do you really need for this to move from point A to point B?
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not real fast I suppose. I was thinking of having one side of a Zwilluminary with a design and the other side with a different design. for the part in the song goes "I am the clown with the tear away face" with one design and then "here in a flash and never leave a trace" with a different color illuminating the container
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Just out of curiosity, how many other people have mechanics in their shows??? I cant be the only crazy person!
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If the servo route doesn't pan out and you have your mind set on a small motor, you could use a small 3 wire slip ring. This would allow you to rotate it 360 with out the fear of the wires tangling up on themselves. Just a quick glance on google I found some for around $10.00
I'm doing a servo controlled skeleton and other mechanical props for Halloween.