I need help, id like to make a motorized potters wheel for my

Ceiling fan motor won't have enough power.

>>1076758
Try a sewing machine, they already have foot pedals.

>>1076758
Potter here. I've only seen a couple that I'd use outside of a joke. Not saying it can't be done, but it starts to get expensive. The only inexpensive, viable diy electric wheel motor is from a used treadmill. You need a DC motor with at least 1/3 horsepower and decent torque. If you're lucky, you can salvage the controller. Then you've gotta get a tight v-belt pulley system figured out. Anything else is not realistic on a budget and you're definitely past used professional equipment prices.

I recommend making a kick wheel with a big ass concrete flywheel. This is a very throwable, classic design and well within most people's ability to make. Too lazy to google it for you.

>>1076791
Kickwheel it is, im a carpenter and electronics isnt my game

Thanka for the heads up

>>1076837
Oh, shit. Wish I knew you had carpentry skills. Make a Leach treadle wheel then. Little bit more complex, but it has smoother operation and a greater mechanical advantage.

http://makezine.com/2012/06/27/the-leach-treadle-wheel/

By the way, most Western potters kick/control the foot pedal with their right foot nowadays, sitting forawrd, and leaning over to the right, with their left hand inside the pot, right hand outside the pot, wheel head spinning counter-clockwise. Asian potters throw the mirror opposite (clockwise wheel, left foot control, right hand inside, left hand outside). If you do a treadle wheel, plan accordingly or make it possible to change the pedal's side. This would be a solid gift for a potter.

a ceiling fan defiantly wont have enough power i once taped a beer can on a string to one it bogged the motor down so bad