> Hello All:
>      I am in a pinch. I need to find a complete RPM set-up for an
> experiment. I have a  bodine gear motor that drives a round table via a
> v-belt.I needed to know how fast it is rotating so I bought a bicycle
> odometer which I figured would tell me the speed in Miles per hour and I
> could do the conversion to RPM the problem is the table goes to slow and
> this cheap odometer wont register. My question... Does anyone know of a
> supplier of complete RPM systems that would work either on the shaft or at
> some radius on the round disk at 1 RPM. I have found plenty of parts/ways to
> build this but I just dont have the time. That you in advance for your help.

Presumably you have a big step down in speed from the motor to
the turntable, could you hook up the bicycle odometer to measure
the speed of the motor instead of the speed of the turntable?

Brent Brown
Electronic Design Solutions
16 English Street
Hamilton, New Zealand
Ph/fax: +64 7 849 0069
Mobile/text: 025 334 069
eMail:  brent.brown@clear.net.nz

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