Plastic 5 inch Turret gear ring an motor gearbox

[boatman]

as the tile says can anyone help me to find one so i can get my main 6inch gun turret to turn
chris

[scottie3158]

Chris are these any good link

[Guest]

Chris are these any good link

Nice one Paul, Chris will soon have those turrets spinning round

[boatman]

Chris are these any good link

HI Scottie many thanks for looking for me much appreciated
but im looking for somethng like the pic below of a gear ring an a motor gearbox to fit the gear pic below sorry pic wont show but its like a turret ring with the gear teeth on the out side an i need a small gear to fit the main gears if you see what i mean Scottie but cheers for lookin but i suppose i could have the movein gear fitted to the inside like the gears you have shown cheers
chris

[boatman]

CAN ANY ONE ELESE HELP ?
chris b

[Tim Marlow]

I’ve had a look around, but can’t find anything. However, I don’t know what the proper name for those sort of gears. Strikes me that to look for what you need, you need to know what it is called Chris. Might be worth dropping Dave Ward a PM. He is a trained engineer and might know exactly what you are after.

[boatman]

I’ve had a look around, but can’t find anything. However, I don’t know what the proper name for those sort of gears. Strikes me that to look for what you need, you need to know what it is called Chris. Might be worth dropping Dave award a PM. He is a trained engineer and might know exactly what you are after.

CHEERS Tim i'll ask him
chris b

[stillp]

Have a look at HPC Gears Chris.

https://www.hpcgears.com/MZ3/23.0_23.162/index.html

Pete

[boatman]

Have a look at HPC Gears Chris.

https://www.hpcgears.com/MZ3/23.0_23.162/index.html

Pete

CHEERS Pete but my pc wont load the adobe player so i cant look at the site im afraid

chrisb

[stillp]

OK, just go to www.https://www.hpcgears.com/ and browse about. Or you could email them and ask if they have what you want - if you send them a few pics of your ships they might even offer you a sample...
Another thought - do you actually need gears? I was thinking if the motor had a rubber tyre (model car tyre?) on it's shaft, running against a smooth plastic ring inside the turret, would that work?
Pete

[Gary MacKenzie]

How many degrees does the turret need to turn thru ?
If less than 180 you could just use a servo motor to rotate it, like the servos used to raise undercarriage in r/c planes

[boatman]

How many degrees does the turret need to turn thru ?
If less than 180 you could just use a servo motor to rotate it, like the servos used to raise undercarriage in r/c planes

cheers gary very good idea but im gonna have a look at an idea ive just thought up cheers for your help
chrisb

[wotan]

Chris

The other alternative is to use a cheap stepper motor to drive the rotation. I used one on my owl puppet to allow his head to turn.

John

[Guest]

OK, just go to www.https://www.hpcgears.com/ and browse about. Or you could email them and ask if they have what you want - if you send them a few pics of your ships they might even offer you a sample...
Another thought - do you actually need gears? I was thinking if the motor had a rubber tyre (model car tyre?) on it's shaft, running against a smooth plastic ring inside the turret, would that work?
Pete

Looks a great site Pete, must be something there for Chris .