[Trevorfox34]

Does anyone out there know what LCA uses for there electric motor? I thought about a low speed drilled.. but i dont know! Thanks for any input!

 

[letsgobowhuntin]

To get it to go slow they have to run a motor thru a gear box to reduce the rpm's.

 

[shott8283]

and increase tq and the same time. you need a reduction gear box to make it work.

 

[Trevorfox34]

So should I go with a high torque, low speed electric motor then buy a reduced speed gear box? Were could I get a hold of both of these? Or is there a type anyone can suggest! Thanks

 

[Huaco]

So should I go with a high torque, low speed electric motor then buy a reduced speed gear box? Were could I get a hold of both of these? Or is there a type anyone can suggest! Thanks

McMaster dot com??? (has tons of stuff for good prices and ship really fast)

Grainger (be prepared to spend money)

 

[jaydub]

nope

Its called a linear actuator. google that and you can figure out the rest.

 

[Trevorfox34]

Jaydub i like the idea of that i believe thats what im going to go with eventually! i built a inline press just wanted to know how LCA does it so later on i can make my press a electric press! very neat though! huaco, Thanks for the idea but spending 200-400$ for a reduction gear box was a little much for me when you can get a linear actuator as low as 100-200$ thanks yall! I really appreciate the help!

 

[Scott D.]

stepper motors or servos. Just look at some of the home brewed cnc routers on youtube. Very slow moving with gobs of torque, or super fast. Check em out. With a stepper it would be easy to add a sprocket and still keep it manual if you wanted to.