Hello,
I wonder if you could give me some advice on a project I am working on. I am building a homemade pottery wheel from a paddle mixer.
Everything is going very well and I have managed to expose the B50K Potentiometer which I will adapt into a foot speed control.
Part of my query is the Pot low end does not stop the motor and the slow speed is not slow enough.
The other problem is the fast speed is too fast.
I wondered if I could wire in an additional Pot to set the Maximum speed at the mid point and then another Pot to control the speed from 0 to the mid point.
I purchased another B50K Pot which works the same as the original. I thought perhaps a new model may increase the sensitivity.
I also purchased a 10 turn 10K Pot which does not vary the speed in any way.
Any advice would be much appreciated
Picture below to help understanding. Can provide more info or Pics if needed.
Thanks in advance
Colin
I wonder if you could give me some advice on a project I am working on. I am building a homemade pottery wheel from a paddle mixer.
Everything is going very well and I have managed to expose the B50K Potentiometer which I will adapt into a foot speed control.
Part of my query is the Pot low end does not stop the motor and the slow speed is not slow enough.
The other problem is the fast speed is too fast.
I wondered if I could wire in an additional Pot to set the Maximum speed at the mid point and then another Pot to control the speed from 0 to the mid point.
I purchased another B50K Pot which works the same as the original. I thought perhaps a new model may increase the sensitivity.
I also purchased a 10 turn 10K Pot which does not vary the speed in any way.
Any advice would be much appreciated
Picture below to help understanding. Can provide more info or Pics if needed.
Thanks in advance
Colin