In a smooth bore, any spherical projectile will have a tendency to curve. Whatever inside edge of the barrel it contacts is going to impart spin, and the random nature of burst disks rupturing will cause this phenomenon to be rather unpredictable... In paintball, there are such things as "flatline b...

jrrdw wrote:It will work but running motors on low voltage can over heat them.

Low voltage meaning...? These motors won't run on voltage <9 volts

Would this speed controller work for my motor?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-110V-SCR-Ele ... 20debd9fae

Looks like a pair of speakers

It depends on the size and amount of windings for the magnetic field that will be made or the speed you get out of it. I understand that, I was asking if there was a way to judge the rpm based off the frequency... For some reason, my high speed lug just stopped working. The motor will only run when...

NEVER!!! After college Jack, after college!! :D It makes no sense for me to buy one right now. Plus, I have plans for a nice wood lathe, comparable to the ones you buy for ~200 of your finest Canadian dollars :lol: I tested Jimmy's theory of the two lugs powering different windings- he was right. Th...

Sometimes a motor will have an extra terminal that energizes only part of the main windings giving a motor with two speeds. That might be what your extra terminal is. Since vacuum makers don't usually make their own motors that feature might just be part of that standard motor and wasn't used in th...

Looks like somebody's ready for the zombie apocalypse!!

Hah! Again your affinity for domestic appliances associated with cleaning demonstrates your basic lack of testosterone! :D If you are suggesting that it not be connected to anything, I think that is the correct way also. I also thought it might be used for grounding but I don't know if that is nece...

is the third one connected to any wire ? If not it might be a prong for grounding If you're asking me, I don't know. On the unit I took apart yesterday, only 2 wires went to the motor, and there were only 2 prongs on the motor. Same 120 VAC, 60 Hz. This is the only motor I have with 3 prongs, and i...

Alright guys so today I took apart another vacuum (5th one actually) and it prompted me to pull out all of my other motors from previous units. I might actually use the nicest one out of my collection, but I don't remember how it was wired, so I need any electronically savvy members to help me out o...

I feel like adding a loading mech after the gun has already been completed would be far more difficult than incorporating it from the get-go...

It's not truly semi auto... you just fast forwarded the footage in between shots while you dropped the BB back down the barrel. How will you make a coax a true semi auto?

Pretty cool! What did you use to carve it?

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:I've been saying this for years

Man, you just don't forget ANYTHING do you??

but these have 3 fins, which means its more stable

Oh, to me it looked like they only had 2. The video is unclear and the ebay pic isn't very good either.