Thread: carnival ride prop motor?

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I want to build a small carnival ride prop for my haunt this year. made of 2 2x4 crossed with cauldrons on the ends with buckys in them. Not sure if a wiper motor would work or a ceiling fan could make it spin.

Thanks,
Matt

I think you are going to need a lot bigger motor to move something made out of 2x4s. You might try a motor out of an old electric scooter. They have quite a bit of torque, but you will need a power supply since they are DC.

If you put a track under it, Plywood and a wheel under the cauldron, you could probably use pcv with the wheels and a track. Then a wiper motor would run it. If you have a driveway that should sever as a track also.

Originally Posted by markgoodson

I may not be quite the expert yet (wait till next year) but in my searching for motors and controllers for my organ project I have come across this site that has scoter motors, and they are not all that expensive at all.

Motors | AllElectronics.com

Which one of these motors would I need?

If is was me I would use a Treadmill .Plenty of torque and variable speed,plus they are cheap on CL.I got a nice one for 50 bux ,used the motor for my Axworthy and used the rest of it in other props.

Heres a picture of the boards that i want to use, they're not 2x4s but about 1/2 x 2 1/2
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I have no idea what to use for the spin barring and Not sure how much it will weigh because I dont have all of the cauldrons and buckys yet. The boards a 32 inches long each.

Yes it will be easily less than 100 pounds.

Are you looking to just have a spinning ride (going round like a merry-go-round) or are you looking for something with more twists (like a tea-cup ride) where the platform goes around and the cauldrons also spin?

If you have an old bike laying you could use the "BEARINGS" on the crank and use the chain to drive it off of a motor of your choosing.