Hello all, I am in some need of guidance. I've been tasked with building a moving target system for the local hunting club.
Most commercial units run 6000 to 10000 dollars, and being a welder by trade I'm pretty handy with fabrication.
I have everything but the circuit to control the toward and reverse of the motor figured out...
1)The system is basically a target pulled along a track with a pulley system.
2) the wire is attached to the trolley which is looped through a sheave on a motor which pulls it down and back along the track
3)forward and reverse are activated by an ear on the trolley hitting a verticle wobble type limit switch. On initial energization of the motor the trolley will go down the track, hit the limit switch, then come back and hit the second limit switch, then go back down the track(back and forth)
4) There is a delay (several seconds) from the time the limit switch is closed to allow the target to stop traveling as not to put stress on the motor before reversing
5)motor speed is set by a motor controller
attached a couple pictures of another build that I'm basing it on... i realize this is my first post... I'm new to the electronics works... be gentle
Most commercial units run 6000 to 10000 dollars, and being a welder by trade I'm pretty handy with fabrication.
I have everything but the circuit to control the toward and reverse of the motor figured out...
1)The system is basically a target pulled along a track with a pulley system.
2) the wire is attached to the trolley which is looped through a sheave on a motor which pulls it down and back along the track
3)forward and reverse are activated by an ear on the trolley hitting a verticle wobble type limit switch. On initial energization of the motor the trolley will go down the track, hit the limit switch, then come back and hit the second limit switch, then go back down the track(back and forth)
4) There is a delay (several seconds) from the time the limit switch is closed to allow the target to stop traveling as not to put stress on the motor before reversing
5)motor speed is set by a motor controller
attached a couple pictures of another build that I'm basing it on... i realize this is my first post... I'm new to the electronics works... be gentle
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