I used a spare paper shredder, 110v nice set of gears and shafts. I used it to hoist my 10 ft attic ladder. Always nice to see people make things out of something else.
Maybe 25 years ago we bought one of the Store model hoists like you were talking about from HF. We still have ours; it lifted five gallon buckets of mortar and around 44-55 brick at a time. Power up and down with a brake that worked great. Best $60 we could have spent, Greg.
This is a great video! :) Another good one to use for heavy lifting is an electric car seat module. They have very strong motors & gearing that can handle large loads.
I love it the video,also yesterday i replaced windshield wiper motor of my fathers car.I salvaged old motor,now the motor sitting on my table.Gearbox on this motor generates amazing power:)
A wiper motor and a bit of steel tubing and we might be able to build a nice little crane for my buddy's truck to save his and my back as we both are getting older and them deer type critters seem to be getting heavier every year lol thanks Harold for some very good ideas and info too
As I watched this I was thinking of the hand crank winch in my basement... if this was hooked up to it, because of the worm gear on it I bet you could lift a thousand pounds on it. Being a manual winch it's so slow to crank and uncrank I bet a WSW motor would be great. I'll have to give it a shot. Thanks for the inspirational video... my back is getting older (while the rest of me is still young and foolish!).
Don't over look window and seat motors. I do not know which one has the most power but they have different attachments on the shafts. Thanks for stopping by.
Great job, I'm impressed with the little wiper motor. It seems as though a linear actuator powered by one of these motors would be capable of doing alot of things and being much more cost effective than buying a commercial actuator.
Often wondered about what you can get out of a wiper motor - this is most interesting. Amazing how gearing down gets nice high torque... very encouraging results. Controller probably coping with some high amps on the high loads.
Thank you for this video . . . I am looking to get 10 of these (for different applications) and by purchasing used (instead of on eBay) I will save a lot of money ! ! !
Well Sir, I'm impressed. Who would have thought those little motors were so damn strong. I wonder if they would all lift the same, or if the one you have there is a freak of nature.... Hmmmmm gives me a few ideas on what to do with the couple of wiper motors I have stashed away in the shop. Matt
At one time I lived next door to an old fellow who had a 20 foot travel trailer and he used one on the jack that lifts the trailer hitch and it lifted the end of the trailer for hooking up to his car. And he had another that he used to roll out his awning on the side of the travel trailer. They come already geared down very nicely and a little more gearing down does wonders for them. Thanks for stopping by.
At the TV shop I worked at we built a hoist for lifting the old rear projection TV sets. We lifted 300 lbs+ by using an old satellite arm actuator motor. We used the DC supply for the actuator motor to run it. The " machinist" we paid to make some of the parts to make it failed to follow our plans, and the shear pin broke at about 300 lbs. If he had followed the original plans, I am sure we could have exceeded 400 lbs (and more). He used an undersized shaft and an undersized el cheapo roll pin for the shear pin. The shear pin kept breaking due to it being undersized, and hollow, when we hit 300 lbs. The first time it failed, it scared the bejesus out of us. Fortunately the set only dropped >2". We only had to have an 8" lift to the hydraulic table cart.
Nice video Harold. Like you I was trying to see if I could use a wiper motor to lift a hidden shelf. This video is great, gives me a rough idea how much the sucker could pull. By the way, any idea if the power window motor would be more powerful? Any chance do a similar test on power window motor, now that you've built yourself a nifty test jig.
I don't have a spare garage door opener lying around to test but I would guess it could do about the same. Glad you liked the video. Thanks for stopping by.
I have no experience with wheel chair motors. The wiper motor output shaft is threaded and tapered to hold an arm that is intended to turn in only one direction. Turning in the opposite direction with a load on it can unscrew the nut holding the arm or a pulley if you have replaced the arm with a pulley. If you notice in the video I only lift with the motor turning in the direction of the thread so the load tightens the thread. When I let the load down their is very little stress on the threaded connection so it does not unscrew. Thanks for stopping by.
Yea, youd have 2 speeds.. slow and slower.. slower than the carts at the grocery store.. if u geared it than the torque wouldnt suffice to get ya moving..
I am glad to have been of some help. Later on I made a video on the same subject called "wiper motor how much more can it lift" where I used a couple of gears to increase the lifting capacity. Thanks for stopping by.
This will not take up an additional floor space as a lifting table would and I am working in half of a two car garage. Probably intended for compact cars at that. Thanks for stopping by.
Harbor Freight also has a cable hoist, electric motor, with a pendant. I used it in my business for many years. Still works great. Look at Harbor freight and see if they are still available. Getting older lets us find better ways to do things. Now I use it in my Wood working shop.
Hi Harold, You should consider using a boat trailer winch powered by that wiper motor. The gears will eliminate slippage of a belt and the mechanical advantage of the simple gears in the boat winch will allow you to lift some real weight.
There are tens of thousands of old junk boat trailers around the country that have them mounted on them that can be had for probably less than the cost of the steel you used to make that home made winch. I just saw one used ,600lb cap on Amazon.com for less than $12 shipped..
I am wanting to make an electric joystick steering system for my pontoon boat. I can picture your larger pulley, taking the place of the steering wheel. Could you tell me where you found both of the pulleys and the belt? The speed of the motor, in your experiment, looks to be perfect for my application! Great video!
I am pretty sure I got both the belts and the pulleys on ebay. I would shop around as sometimes the ebay merchants get very imaginative. They have them on Amazon and most of the hobby places that sell stepper motors. Be sure to get the same pitch on both the pulleys and the belts. Thanks for stopping by.
Back in the 70s dad and my uncle used to use old ford wiper motors on their snagging rigs to speed up reeling in. Once you hooked a fish you had to hand crank it as bigger fish was too much for it. Can't tell ya anything about the motor or even why ford parts as we a chevy family. Most likely because my uncle worked as a ford tech at the time and got them for next to nothing.
If you want to do a lot of work with the wiper motor I would get something like a 24 volt 30 amp power supply. They have power supplies in lots of sizes sizes on Ebay. The motor can stand a lot of power for a few minutes. I have used the starting setting of a battery charger with that motor for a minute or so and I think that was above 80 amps. Of course for continuous service 12 volts is best.
im so glad you made this. i was really curious about this because im wanting to use one to power a spit for roasting whole pigs, but i wasnt sure it would have enough strength to do anything really big. but now im positive it will work just fine, even with a massive hog. thanks a lot for the vid. i only have 1 suggestion, you could definitely use some more volume or a better microphone. oh! and what is that thing that controls the speed and direction called, or do you have a link for the one you got?
I have no idea what the speed control is called. They are common and cheap on ebay though. I have had a lot of sound problems and it is terrible. I have purchased a new camera and I think that solves the bad sound problem. Thanks for stopping by.
Here is a link to a similar controller if youtube allows it. www.ebay.com/itm/10-36V-DC-Motor-Speed-Controller-Reversible-PWM-Control-Forward-Reverse-Switch-/111472290359?hash=item19f4442a37 Thanks for stopping by.
I've been contemplating making a homemade vehicle tire changer , there's many on UA-cam, but all of the ones I've seen are manual but I'd like to motorize one, just not sure how much torque it would require. I believe that gear and pulley setup you have here would probably do it, if not probably a little bigger driven pulley. Where did you get your gears/pulleys for this and do you know the diameter of them or the ratio? Thanks for the video
I make the gears from aluminum because it does not dull my gear cutters as bad as steel. I usually try to make them about 3-1 ratio. If you know how many teeth you want on each gear you can calculate the diameter from that. Mrpete222 has several videos showing simple methods to make gears. That is where I learned. I do also have some videos showing how to make gears. Thanks for commenting and keep on keeping on.
I checked back among my ebay purchases. The controller came from alice1101983. I am not sure the little controller is still for sale. This was only for lifting the head and I did not put anything on the Z axis. This by the way turned out to be too weak to keep and I later removed it. Thanks for stopping by.
You can see that this wiper motor has lifted about 55KG. It was running on 12V 30 amp power supply. I do not know what a 12V 60W motor can lift. Thanks for stopping by.
So, if four people use their power window at the same time in a small car, guess they could run the risk of flipping the car over... :) Nice demo... Pierre
Hi I got this weird motor from someone at school. It was this sliding arm thing, but they are not wiper motors, and I have two of them. I took off the arm and opened the motors to see if they are worth keeping or not, and I messed one up, so it’s tighter and it spins slower, but it’s still fast. They are 24 volt DC permanent magnet, and they are really strong. How much do you think they’d lift if I add a gearbox to it, a bike chain pulley system, and four 6 volt batteries? Also what’s the max in and out rating for your power controller?
I think the controller is rated at 10 amps. How much you can lift will depend on the gear ratio between your motor and the pulley you use to lift the load. You must also give consideration the the safe lifting limits of the individual parts you use such as the cable for instance. Thanks for stopping by.
Amateur Redneck Workshop I forgot to specify what I meant by “in and out rating”. I meant amps and volts. You already said the amps, I just need the volts. Thanks.
I was using it at 12 vdc. I think it was rated up to 60 vdc but their is no label on the controller so the only specifications I have are just what I remember from the ebay listing and that was a long time ago.
im interested on how to make the wiring so that the wiper motor can lift a lot of weight. can you show us how did you do the wiring and stuff. i am really interested in your project. thank
I will add that to the list of future projects. If you want to know when I do that you can be notified if you are subscribed and then click on the bell and select notify. Thanks for stopping by.
Actually i am going to use this wiper motor for my project in school. That's why i am badly interested. I only have 4 days to work on it 😭 thank you for your response sir.
I wonder how fast and how slow the thing can go. if it could run close to dead stop with plenty of torque and how hi the to me could get with the right electronics
If you look them up on ebay I think you can find out the speeds. I imagine a good electronics man can make it do a lot of different speeds. Thanks for stopping by.
I used one to make my shed door automatic to open it up which it is like a house door but bigger and it is powerful. it only opens 90 degrees but that is ok
As I remember it the ratio was 3 to 1. The main gearing down is inside the wiper motor where it is probably about 60 to 1. I did not take the wiper motor apart to count the teeth. Thanks for stopping by.
Maybe but it would take a large battery and might be very slow. I think it would be better to use a motor designed for that purpose. Thanks for stopping by.
Harold, I was really surprised that the bucket handle did not pop off the bucket, so it looks the 5 gal. buckets sold by the Homeless Despot or other big box store are not too bad. Your little test seeded some ideas in my grey matter, so now I will have to locate some wiper motors. Instead of using a belt and pulley wheels try a chain nd sprockets to eliminate any slippage. The gearing in the wiper motor should keep the cable from unwinding from the sheer weight of the load when the motor isn;t energised, but if not it would be easy to add a dog. Anyway, thanks for the inspiration!
Their are limits to these motors. They have a plastic gear inside that might strip. Of course a metal one can be made. When my belt slipped I thought about maybe the gear let loose so I opened the motor and it was OK. I think about a hundred pounds is all I am going to stress one of these motors, unless I gear down the pulley even more. Thanks for stopping by.
the wormwheel can take the abuse the plastic wheel driving the capstan whont , friend of mine had a small gokart in its youth that used the windshieldwiper motor for power , after two days the big plastic sprocket was toothless his father made a bronze gear but when that was mounted the wormwheel was bending away from the gear under load i can immagine wat would happen if that happened halfway through a lift i would suggest you use just the motor with a bigger reduction and do away with the atached gearbox prolly good idea to use bicycle chain drive and some sort of a magnetic brake too
My wiper motor bent some teeth on that plastic gear one time, took the motor apart and dressed the teeth put it back together and ran it another 3 years. Could not find that .$0.50 plastic gear anywhere, but they would sell me a new motor for $65.00. Finally found a used one for $10. Put it on the truck just before I sold it.
they dont make enough money on just the gear , they want you to trow away the whole unit and buy a new one , nowadays you could have it 3D printed used to be able to buy a piston ring for my moped , now i have to buy the piston with ring and hope i dont break the ring on the install
You do with small motor repair kits.. comes with gaskets, sometimes crank bearings, o rings, oil and lube, plug, etc.. you dont know everyrhing like what u may think there fuck face..
I don't think it would be a practical use of the motor. It is large for hand holding and it needs a large battery. Imagine a cordless screwdriver as large as a quart can. Thanks for stopping by.
you can get wiper motors for free or next to nothing at wrecking yard i use one to move the cross feed on my metal lathe control it with a 5 amp pwm with reverse switch ($5.00) at ebay they are handy for lots of projects
Sorry but I do not know the answer to that. It is just a common wiper motor so if you find specifications some place they are most likely to match this one. Thanks for stopping by Ajay.
You would probably be better off with a 12v starter. The wiper motors are delicate and probably would not last very long in that use. Thanks for stopping by.
I believe the wiper motor came from an older model Chrysler product. It really does not make a lot of difference what car they fit thsy are all very much alike. The main difference is how the wiper arm mounts on the the motor shaft. Thanks for stopping by.
It's not a question of HOW MUCH can it lift, but how long you are willing to wait for it to lift the weight... With the proper gear ratio, you could lift a locomotive... Supposedly, a locomotive weighs around 432K pounds... Your current system seems to be good for 130 lbs over a 5 second pull... You would *just* need an additional 3323:1 gear ratio... By my calculations, it could accomplish that in a bit over 4.6 HOURS... Probably more once you factor in taking up the slack in the tremendously thicker cable (wire rope) that you would need to use... :)
The cable I was using has a 500 lb capacity and I have been criticized for getting so close to it. So I think I will leave lifting the locomotive to you. Besides that would be too many gears to cut for my home shop.
I used a toothed timing belt in the video and just about 59 kg the belt slips. If you were to put gears on the motor to add a little leverage to the motor it will lift a great deal more. Please see this video where I lift about 200 kg with the same motor. ua-cam.com/video/Y9UWzaaa8lw/v-deo.html
Add a pulley and double you're lifting capability
How about some gears? See the link-- ua-cam.com/video/Y9UWzaaa8lw/v-deo.html
I had a wheelchair lift in my old car with a wiper motor.
It was approved for 90kg load with one pulley.
Harold, time spent in the workshop is never wasted. Thanks for sharing. Kindest regards. Joe
Glad you liked it. Thanks for stopping by.
I used a spare paper shredder, 110v nice set of gears and shafts. I used it to hoist my 10 ft attic ladder. Always nice to see people make things out of something else.
I thought it would be a fun idea and so there it is. Thanks for stopping by.
Just amazing how much it could lift, I was supprised. good interesting video there Harrold
They do work like little locomotives. Unfortunately I don't seem to have found the right job for them.
That was a pretty cool demonstration sir, thanks for sharing and answering the question. Thumbs up.
Thanks for viewing.
Maybe 25 years ago we bought one of the Store model hoists like you were talking about from HF. We still have ours; it lifted five gallon buckets of mortar and around 44-55 brick at a time. Power up and down with a brake that worked great. Best $60 we could have spent, Greg.
That is a nice lift if you have some place to attach it. Thanks for stopping by.
Lots of power there, great little winch for the drill press table.
They are surprisingly strong at that. Fun little motors. Thanks for stopping by.
Just found your channel and glad I did! Gonna be going over all your videos! Interesting channel Sir!
Welcome to the channel. I hope you find a lot that you like.
This is a great video! :)
Another good one to use for heavy lifting is an electric car seat module.
They have very strong motors & gearing that can handle large loads.
Thanks for the suggestions and thanks for stopping by.
wide loads, too!
Wow, I had no idea they would lift that much. I would have thought 5-10 max. Thanks for the test.
i had fun doing it. I was surprised too. Thanks for stopping by.
I love it the video,also yesterday i replaced windshield wiper motor of my fathers car.I salvaged old motor,now the motor sitting on my table.Gearbox on this motor generates amazing power:)
Yes the power of gears is always fascinating to me as well. Thanks for stopping by.
You answered most of my questions.
Great video, thanks
Thanks for stopping by.
A wiper motor and a bit of steel tubing and we might be able to build a nice little crane for my buddy's truck to save his and my back as we both are getting older and them deer type critters seem to be getting heavier every year lol
thanks Harold for some very good ideas and info too
I don't know how much a deer weighs but if it is under 200 pounds I bet the lift can be made. Thanks for stopping by.
As I watched this I was thinking of the hand crank winch in my basement... if this was hooked up to it, because of the worm gear on it I bet you could lift a thousand pounds on it. Being a manual winch it's so slow to crank and uncrank I bet a WSW motor would be great. I'll have to give it a shot.
Thanks for the inspirational video... my back is getting older (while the rest of me is still young and foolish!).
Don't over look window and seat motors. I do not know which one has the most power but they have different attachments on the shafts. Thanks for stopping by.
hi Harold, that setup works really good. I have wiper motors, I think I'll put them into use. Thanks for the videos. take care
Your welcome. Thanks for stopping by.
Love my 12vdc gear motors. In fact I made my X axis power feed on my mill from a power seat motor. Good video - enjoyed it.
I think lots of folks have used these motors for things like that. Thanks for stopping by.
Very good Harold. Thanks for showing this
It was my pleasure. Thanks for stopping by.
Would have never thought it could handle that much weight! Nice!!!
You know I stopped because the belt was slipping so I don't think I got to the maximum yet. Thanks for stopping by.
what a great idea,but the simple ones always are.great video thanks
These little motors have a lot of uses and they are not expensive. Thanks for stopping by.
love this video and ingenuity. great video great channel...im going to use on of these for a bead roller. keep up the great work and stay safe.
Thanks for stopping by.
Great job, I'm impressed with the little wiper motor. It seems as though a linear actuator powered by one of these motors would be capable of doing alot of things and being much more cost effective than buying a commercial actuator.
The only problem is the fastening to the shaft. For serious use you need to put a pin through it. Thanks Rifleman.
Often wondered about what you can get out of a wiper motor - this is most interesting. Amazing how gearing down gets nice high torque... very encouraging results. Controller probably coping with some high amps on the high loads.
The on off switch was getting pretty warm but I did not notice a lot of heat from the rest of it. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you for this video . . . I am looking to get 10 of these (for different applications) and by purchasing used (instead of on eBay) I will save a lot of money ! ! !
That sounds very interesting. Thanks Richard.
Now that is a good idea . Thumbs up man , Lifted great !!
Yeah it was a nice lift. Thanks for stopping by.
I'm as impressed with the Homeless Despot bucket, as I am with the wiper motor. Great job, Harold!
Thanks for sharing
That is one tough bucket for sure. Thanks for stopping by.
I'm impressed the homer bucket handle held out
The holes where the handle went through the plastic were starting to deform. Thanks for stopping by.
Great video harold, thank you.
Thanks for stopping by.
Well Sir,
I'm impressed. Who would have thought those little motors were so damn strong.
I wonder if they would all lift the same, or if the one you have there is a freak of nature....
Hmmmmm gives me a few ideas on what to do with the couple of wiper motors I have stashed away in the shop.
Matt
At one time I lived next door to an old fellow who had a 20 foot travel trailer and he used one on the jack that lifts the trailer hitch and it lifted the end of the trailer for hooking up to his car. And he had another that he used to roll out his awning on the side of the travel trailer. They come already geared down very nicely and a little more gearing down does wonders for them. Thanks for stopping by.
Just wanted to say I love your channel and name! Lol
I just hope you subscribed then. 😁 Thanks for stopping by.
At the TV shop I worked at we built a hoist for lifting the old rear projection TV sets. We lifted 300 lbs+ by using an old satellite arm actuator motor. We used the DC supply for the actuator motor to run it. The " machinist" we paid to make some of the parts to make it failed to follow our plans, and the shear pin broke at about 300 lbs. If he had followed the original plans, I am sure we could have exceeded 400 lbs (and more). He used an undersized shaft and an undersized el cheapo roll pin for the shear pin. The shear pin kept breaking due to it being undersized, and hollow, when we hit 300 lbs. The first time it failed, it scared the bejesus out of us. Fortunately the set only dropped >2".
We only had to have an 8" lift to the hydraulic table cart.
I think I would have taken it back. Thanks for stopping by.
I enjoyed this video, thanks for the info
I am glad you liked it. I have another video on how much can this motor lift but using gears. Thanks for stopping by.
Nice video. Very informative.
Glad you liked it. Thanks for viewing.
I'm more impressed with the buckets capability 😄
That is definitely a strong bucket. Thanks for stopping by.
I was thinking the exact same thing😬
Nice video Harold. Like you I was trying to see if I could use a wiper motor to lift a hidden shelf. This video is great, gives me a rough idea how much the sucker could pull. By the way, any idea if the power window motor would be more powerful? Any chance do a similar test on power window motor, now that you've built yourself a nifty test jig.
Well if you send me one I will test it, fair enough? Thanks for stopping by.
Simply outstanding!👍👍👍
Thanks for stopping by Catherine.
Thank you for the video!
Thank you for viewing Ben.
thanks again video.good test....wonder what a garage door motor would do torq wise...or get buba...or huey
I don't have a spare garage door opener lying around to test but I would guess it could do about the same. Glad you liked the video. Thanks for stopping by.
Hello sir. Your video is great. I just want to ask if we can use wiper motors as alternative to wheelchair motor? Thanks
I have no experience with wheel chair motors. The wiper motor output shaft is threaded and tapered to hold an arm that is intended to turn in only one direction. Turning in the opposite direction with a load on it can unscrew the nut holding the arm or a pulley if you have replaced the arm with a pulley. If you notice in the video I only lift with the motor turning in the direction of the thread so the load tightens the thread. When I let the load down their is very little stress on the threaded connection so it does not unscrew. Thanks for stopping by.
Yea, youd have 2 speeds.. slow and slower.. slower than the carts at the grocery store.. if u geared it than the torque wouldnt suffice to get ya moving..
Great job very useful video
Thanks for stopping by.
Good work man.
Thanks for stopping by.
Well thank you so mutch that's what
I needed to know .
I am glad to have been of some help. Later on I made a video on the same subject called "wiper motor how much more can it lift" where I used a couple of gears to increase the lifting capacity. Thanks for stopping by.
A power lifting table is another popular option when it comes to moving heavy items to mill tables. But jib cranes are nice too.
This will not take up an additional floor space as a lifting table would and I am working in half of a two car garage. Probably intended for compact cars at that. Thanks for stopping by.
Yep, another 10 feet, one more machine, one more pistol, one more whatever. Human nature.
Harbor Freight also has a cable hoist, electric motor, with a pendant. I used it in my business for many years. Still works great. Look at Harbor freight and see if they are still available. Getting older lets us find better ways to do things. Now I use it in my Wood working shop.
I have a couple of the Horror Freight hoists. This is an experiment for the fun of it. Thanks Kenneth.
Hi Harold, You should consider using a boat trailer winch powered by that wiper motor. The gears will eliminate slippage of a belt and the mechanical advantage of the simple gears in the boat winch will allow you to lift some real weight.
That is true but it would increase the cost. Thanks for stopping by.
There are tens of thousands of old junk boat trailers around the country that have them mounted on them that can be had for probably less than the cost of the steel you used to make that home made winch. I just saw one used ,600lb cap on Amazon.com for less than $12 shipped..
Interesting, I never knew you could get a used boat winch on Amazon.
Would have been interising to have had an amp meter hooked to the motor. Fun videos, keep i up.
Sometimes I miss an opportunity. Thanks for stopping by.
I am wanting to make an electric joystick steering system for my pontoon boat. I can picture your larger pulley, taking the place of the steering wheel. Could you tell me where you found both of the pulleys and the belt? The speed of the motor, in your experiment, looks to be perfect for my application! Great video!
I am pretty sure I got both the belts and the pulleys on ebay. I would shop around as sometimes the ebay merchants get very imaginative. They have them on Amazon and most of the hobby places that sell stepper motors. Be sure to get the same pitch on both the pulleys and the belts. Thanks for stopping by.
Back in the 70s dad and my uncle used to use old ford wiper motors on their snagging rigs to speed up reeling in. Once you hooked a fish you had to hand crank it as bigger fish was too much for it. Can't tell ya anything about the motor or even why ford parts as we a chevy family. Most likely because my uncle worked as a ford tech at the time and got them for next to nothing.
I bet if you could gear it low enough you could reel in a battleship with one. Thanks for stopping by.
What kind of power supply I can purchase for a windshield wiper motor? or what's the power supply that you use for the windshield motor.
If you want to do a lot of work with the wiper motor I would get something like a 24 volt 30 amp power supply. They have power supplies in lots of sizes sizes on Ebay. The motor can stand a lot of power for a few minutes. I have used the starting setting of a battery charger with that motor for a minute or so and I think that was above 80 amps. Of course for continuous service 12 volts is best.
I am sure 30 amps is not too much.
Use a bicycle sprocket and chain. Amazing feat of torque for such small motor.
The small motor is geared down a great deal by having a worm gear inside. Thanks for viewing.
im so glad you made this. i was really curious about this because im wanting to use one to power a spit for roasting whole pigs, but i wasnt sure it would have enough strength to do anything really big. but now im positive it will work just fine, even with a massive hog.
thanks a lot for the vid. i only have 1 suggestion, you could definitely use some more volume or a better microphone.
oh! and what is that thing that controls the speed and direction called, or do you have a link for the one you got?
I have no idea what the speed control is called. They are common and cheap on ebay though. I have had a lot of sound problems and it is terrible. I have purchased a new camera and I think that solves the bad sound problem. Thanks for stopping by.
cool, i appreciate your reply
Something like this: ua-cam.com/video/C-K-zq5gboM/v-deo.html
very good info, got any more info on the purchasing the controller thanks ED
Here is a link to a similar controller if youtube allows it. www.ebay.com/itm/10-36V-DC-Motor-Speed-Controller-Reversible-PWM-Control-Forward-Reverse-Switch-/111472290359?hash=item19f4442a37 Thanks for stopping by.
130 pounds = 59kg
21:00
Thats most it had lift in this video.
Thanks for stopping by.
At a gear ratio of 5:1 then effectively 4:1 for a total of 20:1, if I did the math correctly.. so really about 7 lbin at the motor, right?
I've been contemplating making a homemade vehicle tire changer , there's many on UA-cam, but all of the ones I've seen are manual but I'd like to motorize one, just not sure how much torque it would require. I believe that gear and pulley setup you have here would probably do it, if not probably a little bigger driven pulley. Where did you get your gears/pulleys for this and do you know the diameter of them or the ratio?
Thanks for the video
I make the gears from aluminum because it does not dull my gear cutters as bad as steel. I usually try to make them about 3-1 ratio. If you know how many teeth you want on each gear you can calculate the diameter from that. Mrpete222 has several videos showing simple methods to make gears. That is where I learned. I do also have some videos showing how to make gears. Thanks for commenting and keep on keeping on.
@@AmateurRedneckWorkshop Thank you, I will check those videos out and learn something. 👍
What is the model from eBay for the controller? Did you use this on the Z axis setup? Thanks.
I checked back among my ebay purchases. The controller came from alice1101983. I am not sure the little controller is still for sale. This was only for lifting the head and I did not put anything on the Z axis. This by the way turned out to be too weak to keep and I later removed it. Thanks for stopping by.
What is the specifications of that Wiper motor ? Will a 12V 60W motor be able to pick up 10KG?
You can see that this wiper motor has lifted about 55KG. It was running on 12V 30 amp power supply. I do not know what a 12V 60W motor can lift. Thanks for stopping by.
What did you use for a power source? How many amps? thanks!
I used a small 30 am power supply like the ones you find on ebay. Similar to these. tinyurl.com/uhtg567 Thanks for stopping by.
So, if four people use their power window at the same time in a small car, guess they could run the risk of flipping the car over... :)
Nice demo...
Pierre
Or maybe they would just pick it up off the ground. =(;-) Thanks for stopping by.
Hi I got this weird motor from someone at school. It was this sliding arm thing, but they are not wiper motors, and I have two of them. I took off the arm and opened the motors to see if they are worth keeping or not, and I messed one up, so it’s tighter and it spins slower, but it’s still fast. They are 24 volt DC permanent magnet, and they are really strong. How much do you think they’d lift if I add a gearbox to it, a bike chain pulley system, and four 6 volt batteries? Also what’s the max in and out rating for your power controller?
I think the controller is rated at 10 amps. How much you can lift will depend on the gear ratio between your motor and the pulley you use to lift the load. You must also give consideration the the safe lifting limits of the individual parts you use such as the cable for instance. Thanks for stopping by.
Amateur Redneck Workshop I forgot to specify what I meant by “in and out rating”. I meant amps and volts. You already said the amps, I just need the volts. Thanks.
I was using it at 12 vdc. I think it was rated up to 60 vdc but their is no label on the controller so the only specifications I have are just what I remember from the ebay listing and that was a long time ago.
if you use a sheave pulley then you can effectively double that weght..just a thought. all good fun harold.
That is true, gear ratios can be had many ways. Thanks for stopping by.
im interested on how to make the wiring so that the wiper motor can lift a lot of weight. can you show us how did you do the wiring and stuff. i am really interested in your project. thank
I will add that to the list of future projects. If you want to know when I do that you can be notified if you are subscribed and then click on the bell and select notify. Thanks for stopping by.
Actually i am going to use this wiper motor for my project in school. That's why i am badly interested. I only have 4 days to work on it 😭 thank you for your response sir.
Then do a youtube search for "how to wire a wiper motor to a switch" and you will find a bunch of videos that show how to wire the wiper motor.
Great video.... I think a chain drive would be better (And safer) than a belt. That's my 2 cents... Thanks for the video.
A chain would definitely not be as likely to slip but I did not have a chain available. Thanks for stopping by.
What were you using for a power source?
I was using a 40 volt 10amp power supply like you use for cnc projects. And sometimes I have used a car starting battery charger. Thanks James.
I wonder how fast and how slow the thing can go. if it could run close to dead stop with plenty of torque and how hi the to me could get with the right electronics
If you look them up on ebay I think you can find out the speeds. I imagine a good electronics man can make it do a lot of different speeds. Thanks for stopping by.
I used one to make my shed door automatic to open it up which it is like a house door but bigger and it is powerful. it only opens 90 degrees but that is ok
That is a good use for the motor. Thanks for stopping by.
What is the gearing ratio between the belt driven pulleys?
As I remember it the ratio was 3 to 1. The main gearing down is inside the wiper motor where it is probably about 60 to 1. I did not take the wiper motor apart to count the teeth. Thanks for stopping by.
impressive test Harold, put 3 or 4 together you might be able to get Pierre off the ground.
keep em coming
Hey you....!!! 1.5674 motor will ........ !!!!!
lol
You bring Pierre by and we can give it a try. Thanks for stopping by.
Do you hope I'll get in the orange bucket by myself...???
I figure it will take maybe two buckets.
Good job . How about starter motor power?
That should be very powerful but it would also draw a lot of current. Thanks for stopping by.
I'm more impressed with the amount of weight and abuse that bucket can take!
Yes it is a magnificent bucket at that. Thanks for stopping by.
What I need is max and cont stall values for the motor. I can't find it anywhere
I do not know where you could find that information. Thanks for stopping by.
Is this possible to make an electric wheelchair using wiper motor?
Maybe but it would take a large battery and might be very slow. I think it would be better to use a motor designed for that purpose. Thanks for stopping by.
Harold, I was really surprised that the bucket handle did not pop off the bucket, so it looks the 5 gal. buckets sold by the Homeless Despot or other big box store are not too bad. Your little test seeded some ideas in my grey matter, so now I will have to locate some wiper motors. Instead of using a belt and pulley wheels try a chain nd sprockets to eliminate any slippage. The gearing in the wiper motor should keep the cable from unwinding from the sheer weight of the load when the motor isn;t energised, but if not it would be easy to add a dog. Anyway, thanks for the inspiration!
Their are limits to these motors. They have a plastic gear inside that might strip. Of course a metal one can be made. When my belt slipped I thought about maybe the gear let loose so I opened the motor and it was OK. I think about a hundred pounds is all I am going to stress one of these motors, unless I gear down the pulley even more. Thanks for stopping by.
Awesome!
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thats cool put one of the small atv solenoids on it
Thanks dependable.
the wormwheel can take the abuse the plastic wheel driving the capstan whont , friend of mine had a small gokart in its youth that used the windshieldwiper motor for power , after two days the big plastic sprocket was toothless
his father made a bronze gear but when that was mounted the wormwheel was bending away from the gear under load
i can immagine wat would happen if that happened halfway through a lift
i would suggest you use just the motor with a bigger reduction and do away with the atached gearbox
prolly good idea to use bicycle chain drive and some sort of a magnetic brake too
A go cart is something I would have never imagined. Thanks for stopping by.
My wiper motor bent some teeth on that plastic gear one time, took the motor apart and dressed the teeth put it back together and ran it another 3 years. Could not find that .$0.50 plastic gear anywhere, but they would sell me a new motor for $65.00. Finally found a used one for $10. Put it on the truck just before I sold it.
they dont make enough money on just the gear , they want you to trow away the whole unit and buy a new one , nowadays you could have it 3D printed
used to be able to buy a piston ring for my moped , now i have to buy the piston with ring and hope i dont break the ring on the install
A used wiper motor normally has a lot of life left in it. Thanks for stopping by.
You do with small motor repair kits.. comes with gaskets, sometimes crank bearings, o rings, oil and lube, plug, etc.. you dont know everyrhing like what u may think there fuck face..
Can i use this motor to make a cordless screwdriver? Plz reply
I don't think it would be a practical use of the motor. It is large for hand holding and it needs a large battery. Imagine a cordless screwdriver as large as a quart can. Thanks for stopping by.
you could just get it to pull on the yellow scales hook. the reading on the scale when it cant pull anymore is the max weight it can pull/lift
Yes except for the yellow scale is rated at 12 pounds. Besides what fun is that? Thanks for stopping by.
Well around 12 pounds maybe a little more, I forget the capacity but certainly not enough.
With a 5amp power source do you think this lifts 5kg?
It probably will. I cannot say for sure. Thanks for viewing.
what's the voltage and current applied to that motor?
The power supply is rated at 12V 30A. Thanks for stopping by.
did anyone else pray the drill press would flip over and you would hear an old man scream i fallen and cant get up?
That is an interesting question. We will just have to wait and see if their is an answer. Thanks for stopping by.
you can get wiper motors for free or next to nothing at wrecking yard i use one to move the cross feed on my metal lathe control it with a 5 amp pwm with reverse switch ($5.00) at ebay they are handy for lots of projects
Yes they can be handy. Thanks for stopping by.
Seems like that setup would lift your mill head instead of hooking the motor straight to the mill shaft.
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what are the specifications of this wiper motor?? plz tell me
Sorry but I do not know the answer to that. It is just a common wiper motor so if you find specifications some place they are most likely to match this one. Thanks for stopping by Ajay.
This wiper motor suitable for ereel deep sea fishing or what???
I have no idea about that. Maybe so and maybe not. Thanks malanang.
Interesting.. nice
Thanks for viewing Sundar.
I was waiting for the cast iron drill press table to snap off.
That would have been a real disaster. Keep on keeping on.
Is this wiper motor for a Sedan or truck?
For a sedan. Thanks for stopping by.
I want to use a wiper motor from Peugeot 206 can it works?
I do not see anything wrong with that idea. Thanks for stopping by.
Lana is awesome, but I have a question, what about a break
No breaking here. Thanks for stopping by Saeed.
can i used wiper motor for making kids 12v car on ride ,can it's works ??
You would probably be better off with a 12v starter. The wiper motors are delicate and probably would not last very long in that use. Thanks for stopping by.
wht type wipe motor u r using sir
plz do replay
I believe the wiper motor came from an older model Chrysler product. It really does not make a lot of difference what car they fit thsy are all very much alike. The main difference is how the wiper arm mounts on the the motor shaft. Thanks for stopping by.
How much current will it consume to lift 7kg??
Sorry but I do not know that answer. I did not measure the current. Thanks for stopping by.
i have a 12v 10 amp wiper motor can it lift that much weight??
I think it can. One thing that changes the amount you can lift is additional pulleys or gears. Thanks for stopping by.
I was impressed, next time some road raging fool tries to break my wipers, well heck I 'm just gonna turn them on,,
There you go, twist his wrist in the cleaning action. Thanks for stopping by.
1.36 ...your welcome!
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It's not a question of HOW MUCH can it lift, but how long you are willing to wait for it to lift the weight... With the proper gear ratio, you could lift a locomotive... Supposedly, a locomotive weighs around 432K pounds... Your current system seems to be good for 130 lbs over a 5 second pull... You would *just* need an additional 3323:1 gear ratio... By my calculations, it could accomplish that in a bit over 4.6 HOURS... Probably more once you factor in taking up the slack in the tremendously thicker cable (wire rope) that you would need to use... :)
The cable I was using has a 500 lb capacity and I have been criticized for getting so close to it. So I think I will leave lifting the locomotive to you. Besides that would be too many gears to cut for my home shop.
can it carry upto 60 kg? if not what hp of motor can carry 60kg?
I used a toothed timing belt in the video and just about 59 kg the belt slips. If you were to put gears on the motor to add a little leverage to the motor it will lift a great deal more. Please see this video where I lift about 200 kg with the same motor. ua-cam.com/video/Y9UWzaaa8lw/v-deo.html
Hi!! Wich car have that motor??
This was a long time ago and I do not remember. Most of the motors are almost the same from one car to the next. Thanks Alejandro.
You still alive or did this wiper motor lift drop a big heavy item on top of you?
Actually I am still alive and went on to make another video called wiper motor how much more can it lift. Thanks for stopping by.
What is the name of the motor?
I do not remember. I got 2 from ebay and I think one was for Ford and one was for a Chrysler product. Thanks for stopping by.
Next time, skip the bucket and weights. just hook the 'scale' to the bottom of the cart and the cable.
I will keep that in mind. Thanks for stopping by.