Know of people who have made them from wheel chair drive motors. Have high speed and low speed as I think they can be run on either 12V or 24V.
Ohsoslow wrote: I experimented with a wiper motor, and did a few test pulls, worked fine up to about 40kg of weight. but it was probably half the speed of a proper capstan. Depending on the size of the boat, could be a reasonable option though. (I was just using a mazda familia wiper motor too, so no doubt there's gruntier ones out there!) The other set up I got started on, but never finished, was one of those cheap trailer winch set ups, converting it into a drum for warp and chain. Could be another cheap option with a bit of kiwi smarts! (Just need to remove the final reduction ratio, to get a decent line pull speed) |
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