01-07-2024, 09:23 PM
The big winter project:
My used Diamond Scale turntable. It was orginally on the same layout that I got the Hemsley Diorama and the Large trestle that I built into the free-mo module. I paid the exorbant fee of 15$ and it is complete with drive.
However the listing mentioned that the motor ran but the turntable did not move. I bought it anyway and have kept it in storage until now.
The drive is a smallish electric motor with a gear reduction box, coupled to a driveshaft and worm gear that runs a larger gear on the turntable shaft. I assumed that the was either a damaged gear or something was slipping on a shaft.
Well with no oblious signs of damage, the only thing to do was to hook it up to a dc power supply and test it out and it ran just fine. I ran it in both directions for about 15 minutes and it never skipped a beat.
So that was a big relief. I thought I was going to have to tear it down to replace parts (If I could get them) but now it's just figuring out the electrical hook up to the turntable tracks and installation.
My used Diamond Scale turntable. It was orginally on the same layout that I got the Hemsley Diorama and the Large trestle that I built into the free-mo module. I paid the exorbant fee of 15$ and it is complete with drive.
However the listing mentioned that the motor ran but the turntable did not move. I bought it anyway and have kept it in storage until now.
The drive is a smallish electric motor with a gear reduction box, coupled to a driveshaft and worm gear that runs a larger gear on the turntable shaft. I assumed that the was either a damaged gear or something was slipping on a shaft.
Well with no oblious signs of damage, the only thing to do was to hook it up to a dc power supply and test it out and it ran just fine. I ran it in both directions for about 15 minutes and it never skipped a beat.
So that was a big relief. I thought I was going to have to tear it down to replace parts (If I could get them) but now it's just figuring out the electrical hook up to the turntable tracks and installation.