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(...) I don't know about the agitator, but with enough gears, you can speed up the rotation from a single motor quite easily. With 4 pairs of 24-tooth gears driving 8-tooth gears, I created a hand-cranked fan with incredible speed. So as long as the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hmmm - but that was hand-cranked. Did you try applying a motor to it, and see if it could take on the same amount of torque? Rotational speed isn't the only factor to take into account, there is also the torsional component. To make a half-decent (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I never hooked up a motor to it (mainly because the only motor I had at the time was in use in another model), so I don't know for sure, but IIRC it didn't involve much torque, once I tweaked the bushings to keep the gears meshed without (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) How about a front-loading washing machine? No agitator. <PLUG> Here's something else you can do with geared-up motors: (URL) </PLUG> (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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