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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Not a Chicken grill motor

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-06-04

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:10:52 +0200, Alan King <alan@...> wrote:

>
> Chicken grill motor probably is far stronger and better geared and
> lasting
> etc. But for light or medium duty a $10 shredder should do for most
> people, and
> that's without hunting too much. They're only $20 usually retail.
> Alan


For me the main advantage seems to be it is a ready-made unit.
It has a output shaft that can be easily coupled to the fuser, like a
geared motor but really cheap. mine even has a switch.
I dunno, but with a paper shredder i would think you might get one where
the motor isn't a closed unit, rather a bunch of plastic gears set into
the plastic case, which could be tricky to use.
I've seen them motors for less than 10eur in the DIY store ads.

I did make my point, i think it is a good solution, do whatever you want,
end of story.

ST