I am doing 6 litho's for my grandsons b-day, he LOVES trains. I want to make a hexagon shaped carousel and have it turn slowly and light each litho as it passes the light. Would be nice to index it to each one, but, not really able to figure that one out. Have 2 litho's done and wanted to show one here. I'm not a photographer so bear with me.
I have a small DC motor I want to mount horizontally and am looking for a 8 to 10 inch gear to mount flat and turn the carousel. Anyone seen what I'm looking for ? Thanks all.
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woody53, You can make your own gears on your router out of birch ply or pvc or many other materials. See http://www.gearotic.com/ for info how. If you know what size you need I can post or PM a DXF file for you. Dan
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Thanks for the info, I will take a look and see what I can come up with.dansfoundry wrote:woody53, You can make your own gears on your router out of birch ply or pvc or many other materials. See http://www.gearotic.com/ for info how. If you know what size you need I can post or PM a DXF file for you. Dan
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4 litho's lit in a window.woody53 wrote:I am doing 6 litho's for my grandsons b-day, he LOVES trains. I want to make a hexagon shaped carousel and have it turn slowly and light each litho as it passes the light. Would be nice to index it to each one, but, not really able to figure that one out. Have 2 litho's done and wanted to show one here. I'm not a photographer so bear with me.
I have a small DC motor I want to mount horizontally and am looking for a 8 to 10 inch gear to mount flat and turn the carousel. Anyone seen what I'm looking for ? Thanks all.
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Your trains look good. Lots of detail and the smoke looks real.
You have a CNC machine, have you considered making your own gear? You can cut non-ferrous metals or plastic with your wood machine and carbide bits.
For the lighting I purchased a bunch of led lights from Harbor Freight. They were intended for use working on your car... have a magnet to stick them to the hood. The are easy to take apart and remounted and can be wired in parallel and powered with a cheap 4.5-volt ac adapter. They have 24 led's in 4-offset rows and cost about $3 (sometimes on sale for half that). A piece of a fluorescent diffuser between the led's and the lithophane eliminates the hot-spots. They run on 3-AAA batteries (included)
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You have a CNC machine, have you considered making your own gear? You can cut non-ferrous metals or plastic with your wood machine and carbide bits.
For the lighting I purchased a bunch of led lights from Harbor Freight. They were intended for use working on your car... have a magnet to stick them to the hood. The are easy to take apart and remounted and can be wired in parallel and powered with a cheap 4.5-volt ac adapter. They have 24 led's in 4-offset rows and cost about $3 (sometimes on sale for half that). A piece of a fluorescent diffuser between the led's and the lithophane eliminates the hot-spots. They run on 3-AAA batteries (included)
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