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    Model Railroad Turntable (HO Scale) help

    Hi all Found this worm geared stepper motor in one of my junk boxes: From the metal timing pulley to an 4.67 inch timing pulley on main shaft I end up with approx. 11500 steps for 1 revolution of turntable bridge. this should do away with the need for micro stepping I think. Hugh
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    Model Railroad Turntable (HO Scale) help

    Hi Yes there's a lot of ways to-do this I have done a lot of research and definitely like KISS. Boriz I would use bumps instead and make them adjustable on an aluminium disk. How about this - large hobby servo geared so as to get 360 deg or more and each button tells it to go to each...
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    Model Railroad Turntable (HO Scale) help

    Model Railroad turntable To make a turntable stop at 10 indexed spots Can this be done ? Using Gear motor controlled by L298 board with pwm input and high enables for forward and reverse. Encoder wheel with 29 slots on ungeared shaft on rear of gear motor There are approximately 12,600 pulses...
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