Peter Cane Posted November 10, 2019 Share #1 Posted November 10, 2019 I am currently building a fishing boat for my son. He wanted the two booms that lay the fishing nets port and starboard that are pivoted at the bottom of the mast to fully operate via a winch. So..I suppose it is nothing new but in order to make this ere winch I utilised a standard geared motor ordered from ebay ( China ). These things cost pence now and because they are geared they have high torque. I used a sewing machine plastic bobbin for the winch drum and wedged the difference between the motor shaft and the inside diameter of the bobbin with a piece of pine dowel sanded down on my drum sander. The hole in the middle to house the motor shaft was hand drilled with an old hand drill! It is not exactly concentric but acceptable for me in that it works well. So if you need a low cost miniature winch...here you go! Pete GrandpaPhil and raven62 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raven62 Posted November 10, 2019 Share #2 Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) How do fix the motor? It‘s very strong for his size. Edited November 10, 2019 by raven62 Quote Regards Ralf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcboater Bill Posted December 31, 2019 Share #3 Posted December 31, 2019 You can also find a wide variety of geared motors from companies supporting the robotics hobby. ServoCity is m current favorite.... Quote In progress: BlueJacket Lobster Smack 1/8 scale (RC) 1/96 Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane RC scratchbuild completed: 1/144 scale USS Guadalcanal CVE-60 RC scratchbuild Revell 1/305 USCG 327’ Secretary class cutter Dumas 1/16 scale USCG Motor Lifeboat 36500 (RC) Lindberg 1/95 USCG Lightship LV-112 “Nantucket” RC conversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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