# help me out with a little home project of mine

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-out-with-a-little-home-project-of-mine/153146>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [April 10, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-out-with-a-little-home-project-of-mine/153146 "2010-04-10T17:07:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-out-with-a-little-home-project-of-mine/153146/1 "2010-04-10T17:07:30Z")

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i want to re-create something this basically

[http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5811763.pdf](http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5811763.pdf)

here is a quick video of what i want to do

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but i just dont know how to get the ball to rotate slowly like that, where can i find a low RPM small electric motor that can rotate up to 16lbs?

everything else i can do fine but im just stuck on this

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**Author:** ![mechanicalmadness](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mechanicalmadness/32/5022_2.png) [@mechanicalmadness](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mechanicalmadness)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-out-with-a-little-home-project-of-mine/153146/2 "2010-04-11T21:50:20Z")

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Um really? Grab a power wheels motor. Another good source of a motor would probably be an old seiling fan, or old broken microwave (with the rotating plate thingy. I would recomend some type of reduction drive. even if its just a simple belt. As far as speed you can always use a dimer switch. kind of rudementary but it works.

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**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-out-with-a-little-home-project-of-mine/153146/3 "2010-04-12T04:47:13Z")

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Hah nice Jeff, I still use the baking sheet/oven method