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DIY Auto Rotating Flash?
whitewater:
Give Roger Jennings a call..he was working on that a couple years ago..maybe he finished it?
Cant hurt to ask
Binkspot:
A DC gear motor with a clevis arm, two limit switches, power supply for the motor preferably adjustable to set the motor speed, tie rod to connect the clevis to the flash, adjustable timing relay, a latching relay and some creative engineering. Or make it chain drive and replace the clevis arm and tie rod with something like Morse #20 or #30 double roller chain and sprockets.
We had two M&R Acomas that worked nice, currently running two Vastex. One with the auto rotate modified so when you rotate the carousel it automatically rotates over the pallet (not using the foot pedal), the other has a long handle on it to swing it over the pallet.
mimosatexas:
haha your comment about the long handle got me thinking. I could probably do something with some kind of line and pull system, and just pull one way or the other when I want to move the flash, and have build it stops for each position. would probably cost like 10 dollars. Of course it would probably look insane...:D
I was thinking some kind of reversible gear motor with a chain would be the simplest. I know some cheap rotisserie motors switch direction with every power cycle and have relatively high torque. Great ideas so far!
Frog:
--- Quote from: whitewater on December 05, 2013, 05:09:44 PM ---Give Roger Jennings a call..he was working on that a couple years ago..maybe he finished it?
Cant hurt to ask
--- End quote ---
Make the call when you have a lot of free time...
Zelko-4-EVA:
i replaced the bearings in our Acoma a while back - got it back together and i didnt notice that one of the reed switches wasnt set where it should be... stepped on the pedal and the flash started going around in circles without stopping.
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