Okay, so looking to make a drawer that contains about a dozen watch winding compartments at some point in the future.
Anyone have any suggestions about the best way to make 12 material covered foam cylinders rotate very slowly either constantly, or timed to spin for an hour at a time a few times a day? Thinking arduino here, but biggest challenge will be what motors to use, or how to make 12 spindles rotate from one motor and some rubber bands? Also needs to be pretty silent and economical.
Would it require one motor per watch, or would it be possible to have one rotating multiple bands that would in-turn rotate spindles attached to the watch cradles? Would it be powerful enough? Or would one with that kind of torque be too noisy?
To be honest it’s probably design overkill - you could do the same with a DC motor and gearbox - but these things are so cheap nowadays it’s worth considering - especially if you want to control with some kind of microcontroller.
