...but I'm hoping someboody smart will take pity on me and help me out!

I am doing 'set design' for a Childrens' Museum fundraiser in Chapel Hill, NC. To make a long story short, part of my overblown concept is to create 'movement' in the decoration. We're using vintage toys as props, among other things.

HERE is what I want to do:

I want a SMALL motor, attached to a battery pack, upon which I can put a turntable (?) to attach a toy to. I would like the toy or prop to spin sloooooowly, and would like the motor and battery pack to be essentially 'invisible'.

Priorities: Small, battery powered, simple, low cost.

I found this online: http://www.gizmoszone.com/shopping/html ... gdc612.pdf

It is a good price, looks easy to wire a battery pack to it (?) and possibly a small platform on the spindle? Am I even in the right ballpark? I found a 3.0 v battery pack, too. Is THAT what I would need? Can I adjust the RPM so it moves SLOWLY?

I could be way off here, and truthfully I don't know if my 'dream' can even be accomplished? I need to rig at least 20 of them...maybe more.

THANK YOU THANK YOU for any advice, input, or direction you have to offer!!

Laura

Yep, you are totally on the wrong forum. The sparkfun forum will be much more helpful for you:
http://forum.sparkfun.com/

There are a thousand approaches to what you want to do, but one is to buy a continuous rotation servo, open it and strip out the electronics and just put battery power to the motor. It would depend on the servo, but you may only need a single AA/C/D battery. If it needs more power then use more batteries. If it's too fast, slow it down with a low value (10-200Ohm) 1/2W (or even 1W) resistor.

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. I'll head over to the other forum you suggested to see if anyone can help me there! I'm confused by your answer, which is discouraging...and only reaffirms that I may be in over my head!!

Thanks again and take care!!

Why don't you use some cheap analogue clocks. Just attach the toy to one of the hands.

That's a good idea! Wondering if those little clock hands can support the weight? Maybe if the weight was mostly supported by the frame of the clock face...