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Seamus
10-01-2007, 05:11 PM
I'm looking for any last-minute quick and dirty ways to mount a wiper motor for use in a stirring cauldron. I'm having trouble keeping the motor centered (it keeps falling over) :mad:
DarkShadows
10-01-2007, 05:39 PM
http://media.mydoitbest.com/imagerequest.aspx?sku=502307&size=0&warehouse=C

You can get these at Lowes/Home Depot/Menards. I think there like $1.29 Bring the Motor with you if you could so you get the size that fits snug.
mrklaw
10-01-2007, 06:56 PM
Check out this little how-to on how to mount wiper motors.
http://www.my-mania.com/halloween/wipermotor.html
Seamus
10-03-2007, 12:23 AM
Thank you both! This was one of those last minute projects that started slipping away from me (quite literally in this instance!)
dionicia
10-07-2007, 11:36 PM
Check out this little how-to on how to mount wiper motors.
http://www.my-mania.com/halloween/wipermotor.html

Thank you for posting this.

I wanted to make two of these and I was trying to figure out how to do this.
Grimsby
10-08-2007, 11:54 AM
I use a 4x4 post cap that you can find at Lowe's or Home Depot. I then drill out the mounting holes, and used metric screws to mount the motor. I learned this from Scary Terry - he used one on his 'kicking legs' prop:
http://www.scary-terry.com/kicklegs/kicklegs.htm
uncle
10-09-2007, 12:33 PM
The MY Mania method works very well. Instead of hot glue, I wrap my Saturn motors with a layer of masking tape. The bracket then cinches into the tape just enough to keep the motor from working loose. Plus, with these brackets I can rotate the motor or move them in and out a couple of inches to fine tune the mounting.

The other brackets work fine, but I have sometimes had a difficult time locating the correct metric screws.
dionicia
10-13-2007, 10:38 PM
I just made one using mymania's design. Love it! Just need to add lights to the head and hands and one more to go. :D
dionicia
10-15-2007, 10:53 PM
One question. What speed motor would be best to use. I have a few 12 volt motors but they seem to be too fast. I was thinking of getting two 5 volt instead.
ruafraid
10-15-2007, 11:11 PM
As far as I know all car wiper motors are 12V but I am running mine from a PC power supply for my witch this year using the 5V and the speed is perfect. I agree at 12V its too fast.
UnderMan
10-19-2007, 02:58 PM
I found some "wall warts" at a surplus store here and they are 12v 1.5A transformers. I use a potentiometer, "volume control", a power transistor, and a resistor to finely adjust the motor speed.
spotnik
10-23-2007, 11:44 AM
Visit scary terrys site or www.monsterguts.com and i believe they both show the options for speed control with both 5 or 12 volt transformers.
My cauldron is using the motor from monsterguts and a 5 volt wall wart and it stirs perfectly. For the last 8 years I was using a mirror ball motor and it was maddeningly slow. Now everybody's happy.
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