Hello Guys
I'm trying to make a toy Hickory Dickory Dock for the local playgroup.
Imagine a piece of plywood about 15 inches high and say, 4 inches wide, to represent the grandfather clock.
For a bit of fun I want to incorporate a mouse that runs up and down each side.
I know that I can do this with a couple of 6v dc motors; a couple of furry mice (not real ones) attached to some cord looped round some pulley arrangement.
However, how can I control the ‘start’ and predetermined ‘stop’ positions of the mouse (ie before it runs over a pulley and jams)?
I thought of tagging the cord so that it runs over a micro switch but this would just shut down the power for the whole lot. I want to be able to restart the motor but reversed – so that the mouse runs back down again, etc.
Any ideas please?
Oh, and before you say – I really do NOT want to spend the next 12months training a couple of mice
John