>but really it's all Al Richer's
>fault.
Gee - thanks a lot, Rick.....8*)
Seriously, though, you did put grease in the gearcase, right?
Hmmm....Y'know, if you were at all electronically inclined (and it doesn't
take all that much to do) I'd think about a PWM speed control for it. Plans
for them are easy to come by - I just finished designing one for a
model-railroading friend of mine and I basically pirated one I found on the
Web.
The model railroaders use them on small DC motors all the time - instead of
varying the voltage to the motor (which loses you torque) you vary the duty
cycle by switching off the source current with a MOSFET at a high rate
(~10Khz). This way uou get full torque but less speed.
Come to think of it, that would work REALLY well in this application....
ajr
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