Chris Higgs Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Many thanks for the ebay info. 10x for £1.20 each now winging their way to UK. I think I will get some too. However, I think the square profile is a problem as it cannot sit between the wheels of a 2mm loco, whereas you can bed a cylinder motor lower in the body. Same argument also applies at the top to an extent. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted January 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2018 although larger these look interesting https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M-C-5X-Mini-030-Motor-DC-12V-13500RPM-Dual-Axle-Shaft-Micro-Motor-Toy-Model/302571517426?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49919%26meid%3D8f964fbfa69d42ae913f612a97e6f9c8%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D263270429630%26itm%3D302571517426&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 I finally did something with one of the square Minibea motors, stuffed it into a Farish J39 tender drive unit. This particular tender drive has never worked especially well - all those badly moulded gears on sloppy bearings trying to fight each other - and this is its fourth motor. I'm actually impressed. It is a lovely sweet, smooth, controllable motor, and almost has enough low speed torque to overcome the geartrain issues. Much better than the Mashima 1015 that used to be in it. Almost but not quite, it still hesitates at crawling speeds. But I think I will order a few more while they are still around, that square shape is ideally suited to tender mounting. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin2247 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) These may be of interest to some even though they are low voltage. Faulhaber 8mm x 16mm servo motors 1.5 to 3.5 volt. The outer connections are + and - quality motor for less than £6.50 only drawback is the additional length of the encoder. eBay item code 282513179495 Robin Edited March 14, 2019 by robin2247 Picture and item link 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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