I think this system of getting old bangers going again is 1 of the best is idea's i have ever seen and gives me more of a chance to resurect some of the most worst worn out motors due to me buying them cheap second hand. Good tip for anyone wanting to find cd motor replacements motorwise is pulling down old computer printers as they have 4 can motors and the cannon printers have the round barrel type can motors that go into the flying scotsman type of motor and they have the tiny screws holdin the motor to there original brackets in the printer as well. The other cannon printers have the can motors like you are showing there now on your video and most work quite well .. (its best to test them before using them)... Anyhoo keep the good work and gr8 video there mate and thanks for the education. Cheers from John in Australia
Good recycling tip; there are lots of old computer parts, games consoles, DVD players etc that could yield suitable motors if they're the right size...
Gracias por su tiempo y subir este vídeo; les quiero compartir mi experiencia con estos motores de 6 voltios, que los puse a dos locomotoras Lima, pero estos motores son de otra procedencia, les puse una tira arrollada con varias vueltas de lámina de plomo de 1.5 mm de grosor y al ancho de la montura para el motor hecha por Lima y mide poco menos de 1cm de ancho y con esta tira arrollada alrededor del nuevo motor se auto centra, además le da un poco más lastre o peso a esa parte motríz. Aunque les digo se debe trabajar un poco más, porque las locomotoras Lima siempre por su diseño económico, pues carecen de contactos en las ruedas como el caso de las que están en el otro truck, y para eso le puse contactos hechos con bronce fosforado, sin conexión de cable que atraviese el chasis, con un arreglo algo complicado de decir aquí y que ayudan en buena medida a que la locomotora nos se pare así no más. Saludo desde Costa Rica.
Very well done video, and I am glad to see it worked out. Whether furniture or toys, I have always believed in re-purposing and re-using anything one can. It's great to see someone like Strathpeffer (and others) take the initiative and make it easier and cheaper to do so. Thanks for the review!
Thanks Anthony. I'm glad you enjoyed it - and yes, it's great that people are helping to do things that allow the option for re-purposing or up-cycling.
Really appreciate you covering this in a video, Richard. It's always nerve wracking releasing a product and then worrying that folk don't find it as easy to work with as you did or that it doesn't work (when you designed it, you get rather snow blind to it all). It's great to get this feedback, both from you and some others too. Really appreciated. 🙂 I'm also finishing off a generic adaptor which, I hope, will be able to accommodate a variety of the ~12x24mm motors other there, so folk could use it with spare cd motors that they have lying around the house. I've been really happy with how these motors have performed in my own models...makes them fun to use again! 🙂 PS. One tiny suggestion, you're probably best not feeding the wires up through the hole in the top of the Lima bogie housing, just feed them out of the hole in the adaptor and leave it at that. There's a danger the wires could get nipped by the Lima plastic housing...talking from experience! 😀
@@scottscornertmd Hi Scott. No, there are scroll circumstances where you should consider them, however it depends on what decoder you use and also how you use them. If you have a decoder that has cv5 programming available, I now just use that and ratchet down the top speed. It's not quite the same as reducing overall voltage because of how decoders serve the motors, but I've never had a problem with it yet. If your decoder doesn't have cv5 control, it's still worth using a diode voltage dropper in the circuit. You could rely on just keeping the speed low manually (and to be honest, I have a DMU converted like that and it's not blown the motor yet), but formally I don't recommend it.
I forgot to say, I have just bought an order of higher voltage 12mm cd motors and I'm currently testing them. If they work OK, then I'll start shipping those and they will reduce the need for diode droppers in most cases. However, they're only 12mm ones. I've never found a 10mm motor that is rated above 6v.
No problem David, as I said during the video, it was a very easy kit to use! And good tip - I'll make sure I do that with the other one I have and any future conversions.
Hello Richard, A very good tutorial thank you. I was unaware that David was producing these. I have the same Lima Swallow 47 and I think I shall order one of these motors for it. I have given you a "like" on this and subscribed. Regards, David.
Hi David, thanks very much for the comment and the subscription. Hopefully you find my channel interesting or entertaining. David has done a fab job and I' sure he'll appreciate the order for a few of these!
I think this system of getting old bangers going again is 1 of the best is idea's i have ever seen and gives me more of a chance to resurect some of the most worst worn out motors due to me buying them cheap second hand. Good tip for anyone wanting to find cd motor replacements motorwise is pulling down old computer printers as they have 4 can motors and the cannon printers have the round barrel type can motors that go into the flying scotsman type of motor and they have the tiny screws holdin the motor to there original brackets in the printer as well.
The other cannon printers have the can motors like you are showing there now on your video and most work quite well .. (its best to test them before using them)...
Anyhoo keep the good work and gr8 video there mate and thanks for the education.
Cheers from John in Australia
Good recycling tip; there are lots of old computer parts, games consoles, DVD players etc that could yield suitable motors if they're the right size...
Gracias por su tiempo y subir este vídeo; les quiero compartir mi experiencia con estos motores de 6 voltios, que los puse a dos locomotoras Lima, pero estos motores son de otra procedencia, les puse una tira arrollada con varias vueltas de lámina de plomo de 1.5 mm de grosor y al ancho de la montura para el motor hecha por Lima y mide poco menos de 1cm de ancho y con esta tira arrollada alrededor del nuevo motor se auto centra, además le da un poco más lastre o peso a esa parte motríz. Aunque les digo se debe trabajar un poco más, porque las locomotoras Lima siempre por su diseño económico, pues carecen de contactos en las ruedas como el caso de las que están en el otro truck, y para eso le puse contactos hechos con bronce fosforado, sin conexión de cable que atraviese el chasis, con un arreglo algo complicado de decir aquí y que ayudan en buena medida a que la locomotora nos se pare así no más. Saludo desde Costa Rica.
Very well done video, and I am glad to see it worked out. Whether furniture or toys, I have always believed in re-purposing and re-using anything one can. It's great to see someone like Strathpeffer (and others) take the initiative and make it easier and cheaper to do so. Thanks for the review!
Thanks Anthony. I'm glad you enjoyed it - and yes, it's great that people are helping to do things that allow the option for re-purposing or up-cycling.
Really appreciate you covering this in a video, Richard. It's always nerve wracking releasing a product and then worrying that folk don't find it as easy to work with as you did or that it doesn't work (when you designed it, you get rather snow blind to it all). It's great to get this feedback, both from you and some others too. Really appreciated. 🙂 I'm also finishing off a generic adaptor which, I hope, will be able to accommodate a variety of the ~12x24mm motors other there, so folk could use it with spare cd motors that they have lying around the house. I've been really happy with how these motors have performed in my own models...makes them fun to use again! 🙂
PS. One tiny suggestion, you're probably best not feeding the wires up through the hole in the top of the Lima bogie housing, just feed them out of the hole in the adaptor and leave it at that. There's a danger the wires could get nipped by the Lima plastic housing...talking from experience! 😀
@@scottscornertmd Hi Scott. No, there are scroll circumstances where you should consider them, however it depends on what decoder you use and also how you use them. If you have a decoder that has cv5 programming available, I now just use that and ratchet down the top speed. It's not quite the same as reducing overall voltage because of how decoders serve the motors, but I've never had a problem with it yet. If your decoder doesn't have cv5 control, it's still worth using a diode voltage dropper in the circuit. You could rely on just keeping the speed low manually (and to be honest, I have a DMU converted like that and it's not blown the motor yet), but formally I don't recommend it.
I forgot to say, I have just bought an order of higher voltage 12mm cd motors and I'm currently testing them. If they work OK, then I'll start shipping those and they will reduce the need for diode droppers in most cases. However, they're only 12mm ones. I've never found a 10mm motor that is rated above 6v.
No problem David, as I said during the video, it was a very easy kit to use! And good tip - I'll make sure I do that with the other one I have and any future conversions.
Hello Richard, A very good tutorial thank you. I was unaware that David was producing these. I have the same Lima Swallow 47 and I think I shall order one of these motors for it. I have given you a "like" on this and subscribed. Regards, David.
Hi David, thanks very much for the comment and the subscription. Hopefully you find my channel interesting or entertaining. David has done a fab job and I' sure he'll appreciate the order for a few of these!
Forgot to say, I was looking forward to the panther intercepting the flying remotored Lima! Part 2?! 😂
I THINK there is some footage of his brother trying to eat the track whilst I was doing the testing! Let me check!