03-17-2013, 04:26 PM
Well - I isolated the cause... and it can't be cured 
I Took it all apart and tested the motor, the darn thing decided not to work!!!
Even with direct connection to a 24V LGB power supply, it doesn't want to move - it just sputters a second from the current, I guess and stops..... So I tried the HO transformar, (18V) and it moves a bit more and then just stops.... Brushes maybe????
Anyway, i never specified a running engine in my original challenge so I'm going to keep at it and finish it. I can always find a can motor somewhere in the future.. I guess....
In the meantime, I was looking for the meter and it fell behind a few boxes. I moved the boxes off of the shelf under the bench and my Dremel tool that I was looking for a month ago was there too
So now I pushed the boxes all the way back, so it won't happen again. Go figure...
I Took it all apart and tested the motor, the darn thing decided not to work!!!
Even with direct connection to a 24V LGB power supply, it doesn't want to move - it just sputters a second from the current, I guess and stops..... So I tried the HO transformar, (18V) and it moves a bit more and then just stops.... Brushes maybe????
Anyway, i never specified a running engine in my original challenge so I'm going to keep at it and finish it. I can always find a can motor somewhere in the future.. I guess....
In the meantime, I was looking for the meter and it fell behind a few boxes. I moved the boxes off of the shelf under the bench and my Dremel tool that I was looking for a month ago was there too
So now I pushed the boxes all the way back, so it won't happen again. Go figure...
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~~ I wonder what that would look like in 1:20.3???