I am undertaking a small hobby project where I need to make a small lift consisting of a platform which can rise and fall over a distance of approx 50cm.
My initial idea was to get a motorized telescopic car aerial and use that as the mechanism, but anything I can find is either super-expensive or the the fully retracted unit is too big (it cant be more than around 15cm in length to sit in beneath where the fully lowered platform level would be).
If anyone has some ideas about where to source a ready-made mechanism that I could incorporate into my project, or how to use a motor to rig up my own mechanism, it would be much appreciated. My attempts to search for a motorized telescopic system have come up short.
The platform does not need to hold any significant weight (<0.5kg)
Many thanks
My initial idea was to get a motorized telescopic car aerial and use that as the mechanism, but anything I can find is either super-expensive or the the fully retracted unit is too big (it cant be more than around 15cm in length to sit in beneath where the fully lowered platform level would be).
If anyone has some ideas about where to source a ready-made mechanism that I could incorporate into my project, or how to use a motor to rig up my own mechanism, it would be much appreciated. My attempts to search for a motorized telescopic system have come up short.
The platform does not need to hold any significant weight (<0.5kg)
Many thanks