"Junkyard Engineer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm almost done building a baby cradle. Looks great !
>
> It swings well but I thought it could be interesting to add a small motor
to
> swing it. I've googled around but all I can find is already mounted on
> something.
>
> Anybody heard about a retrofit manual crank or battery powered motor for
> cradles ?
If you're willing to use a manual crank, you can rock it by hand for free.
B.
Herman Munster wrote:
>> Back when we were at that stage we had a clip on vibrator. (and no
>> not that kind)
>> The gentle vibrations acted like a car and would knock them right
>> out, and would
>> slowly turn itself off after about 15 mins. Worked like a charm. No
>> modifications
>> to your new cradle. I think it was about $15 at Baby Superstore or
>> place like that.
>> HM
Seems to me an automatic shut off would be important!
Josie
I think motorizing it might be harder than you think. You want to keep
the natural swinging pendulum motion. How will you attach the motor to
do that?
I've never seen a motorized cradle before, perhaps there's a good reason
why.
If you really do want to motorize it, you can usually find gear motors
on ebay reasonably priced, or else perhaps use a barbecue rotiserie motor.
Rob
Back when we were at that stage we had a clip on vibrator. (and no not that
kind)
The gentle vibrations acted like a car and would knock them right out, and
would
slowly turn itself off after about 15 mins. Worked like a charm. No
modifications
to your new cradle. I think it was about $15 at Baby Superstore or place
like that.
HM
"Junkyard Engineer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm almost done building a baby cradle. Looks great !
>
> It swings well but I thought it could be interesting to add a small motor
> to swing it. I've googled around but all I can find is already mounted on
> something.
>
> Anybody heard about a retrofit manual crank or battery powered motor for
> cradles ?
>
> tia
>
>
I would try a yard sale and look for one of those motorized swings that use
batteries. You could probably get the motor to mount on your cradle.
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> "Junkyard Engineer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I'm almost done building a baby cradle. Looks great !
>>
>> It swings well but I thought it could be interesting to add a small motor
> to
>> swing it. I've googled around but all I can find is already mounted on
>> something.
>>
>> Anybody heard about a retrofit manual crank or battery powered motor for
>> cradles ?
>
> If you're willing to use a manual crank, you can rock it by hand for free.
>
> B.
>
>