What type & size of electric motor and ctrl can i use to build a turntable which can carry a 32" television

Question

stepper motor v servo motor. from----elly

Answer 1

You can use a simple DC pancake gear motor. Most people have seen these things on barbeque grill rotisseries, for example.

Go to www.grainger.com or www.mcmaster.com and search on gearmotors. You are looking for 1/100th horsepower or so.

Control it with a simple on/off switch and a pole changer (a DPDT switch with the outlet poles cross-wired) to control the direction.

An AC motor would work as well - direction control is trickier.