[halloweenpropmaster]

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

 

[McScreamin]

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.

 

[brushe]

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.

 

[halloweenpropmaster]

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?

 

[mickkell]

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.

 

[halloweenpropmaster]

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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[halloweenpropmaster]

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.

 

[halloweenpropmaster]

Yes it will be easily less than 100 pounds.

 

[The Pod]

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?

 

[mickkell]

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.

 

[halloweenpropmaster]

Should of kept that old bike instead of taking it to the junk yard,so no old bike. I think that making the cauldrons spin to is going to be to much work,money,and time, so Going to go with a merry-go-round type thing.

 

[The Pod]

Just make a plate to put your cauldrons on and mount them to this 24 VDC GEAR MOTOR W/ TURNTABLE | AllElectronics.com. You are only out $10 per motor.

The problem is if you have wires running out to your cauldrons, to drive the motors, and then have a motor in the center spinning the whole thing around, the wire are going to wrap themselves around each other.

 

[halloweenpropmaster]

Just make a plate to put your cauldrons on and mount them to this 24 VDC GEAR MOTOR W/ TURNTABLE | AllElectronics.com. You are only out $10 per motor.

I want just the whole thing to spin, NOT the cauldrons!!