Starter motor

[Witchsilver]

Hey guys,

So here is a strange question for you...

I have a Tilting Ramp car lifter that can be powered by an electric drill the same as Gookah has recently sold.

I have a council garage and so dont have mains power, but I was thinking of perhaps a starter motor would've enough juice to power it. My battery drills dont have enough oomph once the car is on sadly.

Does anyone know if a starter motor can be used with a variable control? I can then start off slow and speed up once its moving.

Cheers

 

[IainP]

Not sure on that.
I’d probably go with a winch motor myself, they are already geared down, compact, and pretty easy to mount.
I’m using one to power a bead roller. Mine cost £56 with the hand controller.

 

[Witchsilver]

Not sure on that.
I’d probably go with a winch motor myself, they are already geared down, compact, and pretty easy to mount.
I’m using one to power a bead roller. Mine cost £56 with the hand controller.

Thanks Iain,
Can you remember where you got it from?

 

[IainP]

It came from eBay, searched through and it was £52 last September. Seller doesn’t have any more listed and I can’t see the same one. I just searched 12v electric winch and bought the cheapest new one. There’s usually a few s/h ones on there, I needed one with a drum.
Took the drum off and cut it down to make a spindle, attached that to the shaft of the bead roller with a spider coupling, also eBay.
I’ll look it out and take some pics this evening. If anything it’s actually a little too powerful for a bead roller, does the job though.

 

[IainP]

Sorry, couldn’t get at the thing.
Took the winch off its bracket, chopped the drum down with a grinder, then true’d it up in my lads lathe.
Attached the body to a piece of steel plate and spaced it as close as I could to line up with the drive shaft of the roller. The spider coupling attaches to both the remains of the drum and the drive shaft, polyurethane bush in the middle to take out any shunt.
Spider couplings come in a full range of sizes, including unequal ends.

Drives the bead roller really well, though I’ve only used it for flanges so far. Pretty effortless in fact, I may need to add a foot operated speed controller for the complicated stuff eventually.

 

[Witchsilver]

Looks really good, thanks for that Iain. I have just ordered in a brand new winch motor for £50. The spider coupling will make life much easier as I was working out how to convert it to fit a socket drive on the end....lol...... I am so thick at times! lol

 

[IainP]

Not at all, they were a revelation to me years ago. Though I haven’t had to do it, im told a grub screw, or bolt, will hold against a flat on either shaft if needed.

 

[Witchsilver]

Not at all, they were a revelation to me years ago. Though I haven’t had to do it, im told a grub screw, or bolt, will hold against a flat on either shaft if needed.

Oh I have used them before, i just totally forgot about them...... lol old age!!