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That's pretty cool' and pretty cheap I would imagine.
Got any piccy's
hi guys just wandering if anyone out there has tried this just finished building one for my boat, made adaptor for flywheel, a little tricky, but made the world of difference.
pulling the boat out of the water now is even quicker than driving on, only used small starter, but seems to hande the load fairly good,
has this been done by anyone, i used the new style dyneema rope on the winch and had a greater breaking strain than cable works a treat.
That's pretty cool' and pretty cheap I would imagine.
Got any piccy's
I to would love to see a photo of your setup.
Cheers.
Scott
good idea, just a word of warning.
A starter motor will be series would. Which means it is designed for constant load. If it has no load, the rpm with go through the roof, possibly to the point of self destruction. In you application, I doubt this will be too much of an issue as long as you have a clutch for pulling the line out.
Also, remember a starter motor is designed for very light duty cycle work, so if it takes more than about 15 seconds to winch the boat up, there may be some long term reliability problems.
Got me thinking now..... Wonder how it would go on the end of my jockey wheel shaftWould need some serious gearing down
Hamish or anyone what about a wind screen winder motor then.
I beleive they can run remote garage doors with no problem, but would they have enough gut's to run a boat up a trailer.
as long as its geared down sufficiently, as the worm drive in a windscreen wiper motor consists of a brass worm and a nylon gearOriginally Posted by Roughasguts
For the costs involved in some of the electric winches available these days it would hardly seem worthwhile to build something.
However if you are intent on building something ring Rowan Hatfeild at Engineering Transmission Agencies. He is a specialist in gear motor drives for all applications. I am sure he will have something to go directly to the winch handle shaft.
Jack.
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Hamish this is what I want they look like the ducks .... for movers
yeah, looks pretty trick.
Take a look at this one.This was an Ausfish one,some time back.
David
thanks for the replies guys will try to posts some pics as an auto electrician i done a bit of reseach first and it is that quick its all over and done in about 10 seconds flat starter motor is still cold when done
wiper motors are to small and burn out quite quickly, my boat is 6.4 ad this idea is great, thought about the belt driven one , but was to dangerous, if a belt was to break.
this set up i did myself but got it done for roughly $120 it is mainly for the beach i do a lot of fraser is and DI and there is nothing worse than waves over the back of the boat.
HI Skipalong
Havn't made a boat winch for trailer but made a anchor winch for a 4 mtr boat i could put my anchor in and retrieve it without getting off my seat
Geoff
interesting it would have been more involved than a boat trailer winch wouldnt it, mounting, and being able to run rope and chain through rollers,
Skipalong,
Have you considered a m/cycle starter motor ?
Also I think "Jaycar Electronics" have some motors in their catalogue.
I do'nt want to spoil your fun but you can get an elect. boat winch for under $100.
Also you may want to see my post of sometime ago "recipe for an anchor winch" which I built using an El cheapo boat winch. Quite the reverse on what you want.
SgBfish,
Thanks for the photo, I have had something similar in mind for some time. The piccy will give me a couple of ideas to chew on.
Frank
yeah thought about a few ideas, but went with a suzuki starter motor and flywheel just so it was fast it will out do any winch on te market at the moment, its main purpose is for the beach, less time in the water.
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