HI Peter

On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 23:06:29 +0100, Adrian
wrote:

Funny - all the references on the web seem to refer to 'second-hand washing
machine motors' as though they're simple to use....

If they are American sites they will - most American washing machines
are rather large, crude, toploaders driven by induction motors -
which are the 1400 RPM devices you were thinking of with no control
gear.

OK - that makes sense!
So the control gear is for speed regulation ..?
I've reserved the two books that you mentioned from the Library - thanks for
the 'lead'...

Would the controllers lend themselves to creating a setup with _variable_ speed
- or do they just do 'fast and slow' ?

Thanks
Adrian
Suffolk UK