Matt (in ) said:

| im looking for something to use to push up one end of a 7" LCD
| display and i thought id use a linear actuator. Only problem is
| that all the linear actuators I look at are huge, push 1000 pounds,
| and go way too far. Is there anything else i could use that is
| small and inexpensive to get the job done?

How about using a small gearmotor to drive an allthread leadscrew with
limit switches at the extremes of movement?

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
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